The WKU Writing Center
WKU Writing Center
The Writing Center offers individual conferences about writing with our staff of English majors and graduate students. Our services are free and available to all Western Kentucky University students.
Spring Semester Hours
We're here to help with your writing - in person in Grise Hall or Cravens— or online (via Zoom or email)
Grise Hall 435:
Monday & Wednesday: 10:30 am – 4 pm
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10 am – 4 pm
Cravens Library (at the reference desk near circulation):
Sunday – Thursday: 5 pm to 9 pm
What We Do
Writers need feedback from readers to help refine their writing. The Writing Center can give you this feedback. Our tutors will talk with you about your writing to help you:
- brainstorm ideas
- clarify main points
- strengthen logic and support
- smooth out organization
- integrate sources and credit them properly
- fine-tune sentence style
- learn to proofread
Because we want to help you become a better writer, we won't edit or proofread your paper for you. We will help you learn to revise and edit so you will be better able to catch your own errors and improve your own content, organization, and style.
To schedule an in-person appointment at our Grise Hall 435 location or Cravens Library, or via Zoom use:
To schedule an appointment for email feedback, please send your paper as an attachment to our email address (writingcenter@wku.edu) along with—
- a description of your assignment (a prompt is always helpful)
- Three or so issues you most need feedback about, remembering that we do not do line by line editing. These issues may include: structure, organization, thesis statement, argument, grammar, word choice, citations, use of sources, audience, or other issues particular to your assignment.
- the due date of your paper
- the time and date by which you would like to receive email feedback
Contact Us
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The Writing Center offers helpful feedback on any kind of writing by working with students to help them improve themselves and become better writers.
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