Chat with a writing tutor!
Chat tutoring will be available intermittently during the summer during our business hours, Monday through Thursday. The Meebo widget on the left will allow you to chat with a tutor when the icon at the top says "available" and is green. Simply click in the text box and begin typing. Feel free to ask a question about planning, writing, or revising (or any other part of the writing process).
To read more about the instant-message tutoring service, click here.
The University of Iowa Writing Center
E-Mail Tutoring Service
Do you need help brainstorming ideas for a paper?
Advice on developing an argument?
Feedback on making transitions more graceful?The Writing Center can help you by e-mail now.
We're here to serve any University of Iowa student, from first-year to graduate student, as well as anyone on the university's faculty or staff. Also, we're happy to consult on critical or creative writing projects from any discipline.
Here's how it works.
You can e-mail us to ask a quick question and we will respond as soon as possible, or you can submit a draft of your paper as well as a description of your assignment and a summary of your most pressing concerns and we will get back to you with some advice. The more you tell us about what you're looking for, the more specific our help can be. Don't worry if your draft is rough. In fact, we're happy to help you brainstorm ideas before you sit down to write. No matter what, please allow two business days for our reply. Although we cannot proofread or "correct" papers for grammar or spelling mistakes, we can offer suggestions that will help you brainstorm, write, and revise with purpose, meaning, and clarity. Please take a moment to proofread your work before you submit it for e-mail tutoring.
E-mail tutoring is available at a limited capacity during the summer months. At some times, the turnaround time for a response will be longer than two business days. Thank you for your patience as our tutors enjoy their summer vacations.
Matt Gilchrist, E-mail Tutor
Click here to submit your work.