At the MSU Writing Center, we believe everyone is a writer and can express their ideas through writing. We also believe that the best way to improve our writing is through collaborative learning. One aspect of that is for writers to receive helpful and constructive feedback from engaged, nonjudgmental readers. Our tutors strive to be those readers.
We believe in Minot State Universitys mission of students first. As writers ourselves, we offer a place where writers can safely try out new ideas, learn new writing skills, practice revising strategies, and gain confidence in their own writing.
Our primary goal is to help students become stronger, independent writers by offering them strategies and tools they can use for future papers. We focus on the writer as a whole person, not the individual assignment.
We believe content comes before format in all forms of writing, though we know that the end product will be strong in both areas. Thus, we work from a hierarchy of concerns as follows: (1) Thesis and focus, (2) Audience awareness, (3) Depth of ideas, (4) Organization and flow, (5) Support for ideas in the form of examples, research, etc., (6) Style: appropriate voice, word choice etc., (7) Mechanics, grammar and format (documentation style).
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