Using the Composition Commons

How to Use 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

First-year through 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

For questions, contact the director of the Whitworth Composition Commons, Jessica Clements, at 509.777.4975 or jclements@whitworth.edu.