Using the Composition Commons

Come early in the writing process, and come often.
Bring a copy of your assignment or writing prompt.
We can be most helpful if you make an appointment in advance. You can schedule a one-half-hour to one-hour appointment online.
You can simply stop by Room 242, Cowles Library. If a consultant is free, he or she will be happy to work with you right away.
If you make an appointment, please try to be on time. If you're going to miss your appointment, please let us know.

to brainstorm your ideas before you choose a topic;
to build a paper's level of thought and to achieve more clarity through working with thesis, support, organization, and/or mechanics;
to draft a résumé and cover letter or to discuss scholarship-application essays;
to discover and develop options, flexibility and control as a writer;
to learn more about grammar and punctuation skills;
to build overall skill as a writer.

frosh through senior writers, graduate-student writers;
writers in any major; writers at all skill levels. Consultants from the center often make appointments with other consultants for assistance with their own writing.

Director of the Whitworth Composition Commons: Jessica Clements, Whitworth English Department, 509.777.4975 or jclements@whitworth.edu.