Houghton College Writing Center
 

"Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing." -Bernard Malamud

"Good writing is essentially rewriting.  I am positive of this." -Roald Dahl

"Writing well involves two gifts--the art of adding and the art of taking away." -John Updike

                             Are you stumped as to how to revise your essay?  Do you need some help brainstorming ideas for an essay? Are you confused about the differences between MLA, APA, and Turabian format?  Do you wonder about the best way to organize your ideas? Would you like some help with transitions, thesis statements, or using detail?  Writing Center tutors are here to answer these questions and others you may have.

About the Center:

                             The Houghton College Writing Center is a free service open to Houghton College students in all departments and majors.  Tutors, upperclassmen English or writing majors or minors, help student writers to revise their own work and improve their writing skills.  Students are encouraged to come by at any step in the writing process.

General Information:

                             The Writing Center is located in ChC room 101A, adjacent to the English, writing, and communications faculty offices.  No appointment is necessary; students may visit on a first-come, first-served basis.

Writing Center Hours:

Monday:      6:30-8:30 p.m. - Laura Ware

Tuesday:     3:15-5:15 p.m. - Hilary Young

                 6:30-8:30 p.m. - Kathryn Henderson

Wednesday: 3:15-5:15 p.m. - Hilary Young

Thursday:    3:15-5:15 p.m. - Laura Ware

                 6:30-8:30 p.m. - Kathryn Henderson

Friday:        4:15-5:15 p.m. - Kathryn Henderson

Writing Center Tutors:

Kathryn Henderson follows several unrelated paths of interests: she studies biology and sociology and wants to write for Christianity Today; she plays flute and electric cello; she would love to be a sculptor; she enjoys learning and tries to communicate better by trying to understand the psychology of the person to whom she is talking or writing.  She has been known to overuse the semi-colon.  She is only slightly over-enthusiastic about editing and writing well; this is why it sometimes takes her several hours to write two-page papers.

Laura Ware is a junior, is a biology and writing double major with a minor in music.  She loves school, most of the time, and when she's not in class or lab, she enjoys ballet, racquetball, mangoes, chocolate, traveling, and helping Shen Bloc root for the sports teams.  She loves meeting and working with students at the Writing Center.

Hilary Young is a psychology/English double major.  This is her last year of college, and she's getting married in November!  She has a deep-seated need to edit and enjoys helping people get the most out of their writing.

Houghton College Writing Lab Resources:

Models for Sentence Revisions

Models for Higher-Order Revisions

Sample Student Essay