Writing Center
Humanities 2009
Our Mission
The Stony Brook University Writing Center, located in Humanities 2009,
aims to support writing at Stony Brook University. We are trained undergraduate
and graduate writing tutors who believe that all writers can improve their writing
through dedication, practice, and collaboration. We are committed to
helping writers through one-on-one tutoring sessions that focus on each
individual writer's needs.
Writers of all skill-levels at any stage of the writing process are
invited to make appointments at the Writing Center. Writers can bring
in anything they're working on, be it a creative piece, a personal
statement, or a paper for class. Tutors will help writers brainstorm,
organize, focus, and develop their written works.
We aim to meet all writers' needs, but in the interest of making better
writers as opposed to simply making better written works, we do not
function as an editing service. Tutors may choose to address some
grammar and punctuation issues, but only at advanced stages of the
writing process. When we do address grammar or punctuation, we discuss
fundamental concepts as opposed to making editorial corrections.
We hope that tutorials will help make writers better critics of their
own writing so that they can succeed in the academic community and in
life.