Around three weeks ago, I visited the Main Writing Center at room 8-815 on the Newman Vertical Campus. I had to schedule the appointment a week prior to my meeting and I was very surprised at how quickly the available spots filled up. It seemed to me that the Writing Center and its resources are in high demand by other students, and so I believed that my meeting with them will help me write and improve the essay I brought. My English professor required my class to consult the Writing Center for a critical analysis essay we had and I wanted to check out the center regardless so I was able to kill two birds with one stone. Thankfully, the session was quite beneficial. The 50 minute meeting started out with both me and the staff member (Sasha Graybosch) reading the draft of my essay and annotating. Afterwards we exchanged our opinions and observations on my draft. She noticed significant things about my essay and gave good feedback from a third person perspective that I would not have noticed on my own. I told her the struggles and worries I had about my writing and we attempted to tackle it together. One aspect I had trouble with for example, was forming a connection between the literature and society, as was a key component of the essay. Sasha and I discussed possible ideas and came up with a few strong ones I could use. At the end of the session she filled out a report about what we covered during our session and she emailed that to my professor for proof and also to myself so I will not forget my progress. After the Writing Center session, my essay took a drastic turn and was changed a lot. However, it helped make it stronger and of higher quality. Meeting with Sasha was incredibly helpful and I plan on returning to the Writing Center in the future for any assignments I experience difficulty with.
