The Writing Center

• Bring your instructions, class notes, instructor feedback, and related texts.
• Bring a copy of what you have written so far.
• If you used quotations in your paper, you should know where you found them.

Appointment Rules

• Appointments are limited to 30 minutes per day.
• Appointments can be scheduled 10 days in advance.
• If a student is more than 10 minutes late, the appointment will be cancelled.
• If a student misses 3 scheduled appointments, they will be unable to schedule future appointments until they meet with the Tutor Coordinator.

Alternative Writing Tutoring Service

• If there are no tutoring appointments available on campus, students can use Brainfuse. To make an appointment, open the course in Blackboard, click on the Books & Tools link, and click Brainfuse.

Writing tutors can help students with the following courses:

• COL-105: Freshman Seminar
• COL-111: E-Learning Success
• ENG-012: Developmental English Workshop
• ENG-101: English Composition I
• ENG-102: English Composition II
• ENG-165: Professional Communications
• ENG-201: American Literature I
• ENG-202: American Literature II
• ENG-206: English Literature II
• ENG-208: World Literature I
• ENG-209: World Literature II
• ENG-225: Graphic Literature
• ENG-230: Women in Literature
• SPC-205: Public Speaking

If students need help with a written assignment for a course that is not in the list above, please choose "Other Writing Assignment" when making an appointment.

Writing Center Tutors WILL

• Offer guidance on written assignments for any Greenville Technical College course.
• Collaborate with students to help them find grammar and punctuation errors, navigate the writing process, brainstorm ideas, and improve clarity and organization.
• Offer suggestions for next steps in their writing process.

Writing Center Tutors WILL NOT

• Rewrite a paper that was written by AI.
• Correct papers without the student being present.
• Find and correct every error in a paper.
• Predict a student's grade on an assignment.
• Type a paper for a student.

Writing tutors are available at the following times and locations:

• Barton Writing Center
  University Transfer Building 104, Room 131
  Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  
  
• Benson Writing Center
  Building 301, Room 127
  Monday & Tuesday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  
  
• Brashier Writing Center
  Building 202, Room 102
  Monday 4-6 p.m., Tuesday 4:30-6 p.m., Wednesday 12-6 p.m., Thursday 4:30-6 p.m. 

Questions? Please call 864-250-8241.

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• Greenville Technical College English Department

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