Writing

Writing tutors and learning skills coordinators can help you develop effective writing strategies and gain valuable skills to write well in college (and for the rest of your life!). We can help you to: 

  • Get started by understanding the assignment, its purpose and the expectations
  • Allow enough time for each step: planning, drafting, revising, editing and proofreading
  • Use the assignment guidelines to keep you on track
  • Use a specific citation style to format your paper and cite your sources (APA, IEEE, etc.)
  • Organize and develop ideas to support your main point using simple, concrete language
  • Understand grammar and punctuation rules

Get Writing Support

If you’re on the Silver King Campus, please stop by the Learning Resource Centre for assistance or email Laurie Jarvis to set up a meeting.  

If you’re on the Tenth Street Campus, please stop by the Learning Resource Centre for assistance or email Darcy Falkenhagen to set up a meeting. 

If you’re in Castlegar or Trail, visit the Writing Centre

Online Tutoring

WriteAway is an online writing tutoring service. Using WriteAway means you can receive feedback and strategies to improve your writing from qualified tutors. Better yet, WriteAway accepts submissions seven days a week, 24 hours a day, and feedback is usually provided within 48 hours. 

You can also submit the same assignment up to three times and request specific kinds of feedback. 

Learn more about WriteAway or submit your first assignment. 

WriteAway

Resources

There are resources available on the library website.  

Access online resources through the Writing Centre.