Schedule an Appointment
Why Schedule an Appointment?
Our sessions can fill up quickly, especially at busy times of the semester. We take drop-ins throughout the day when consultants are open, but scheduling ahead guarantees you a specific time slot and a set session length. Scheduling saves you time waiting for a drop-in session to open.
Any Writing, Any Stage
Our writing consultants can help you generate ideas to write about, format your lab report, create an outline for a speech, overcome writer's block on your research draft, review a cover letter with you, and much more. No matter your project or progress, a writing consultant can help you work through it.
For Students, By Students
Our consultants are undergraduate and graduate students from many disciplines, providing peer-to-peer feedback from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We we promise a nonjudgmental experience with your consultant, and a thoughtful discussion where you will be heard. Our writing consultants are trained to help you become a better writer through discussion and questions.
Which Appointment type is Right for Me?
In-Person Meetiing
Choose the "In Person" option when you sign up, and your consultant will be waiting to meet you in person at our physical Writing Commons location! Arrive to the fourth floor of the library at your scheduled start time to talk one-to-one with your writing consultant.
Virtual Meeting
Choose the "Virtual" option and your writing consultant will email you an invitation to join a private online Teams Meeting using the Navigate platform. Click the link in the invitation email to join the meeting, and start talking with your writing consultant!
Virtual Meetings are live online interactions. Your writing consultant will collaborate with you live to help you improve your writing strategies, to offer reader feedback and support, and to find resources with you. You will need to be on your Kent State University email to open our invitations to these online meetings. You and your writing consultant can share files and interact much as you would in an in-person session.
Email Feedback
Schedule Email Feedback to schedule a session online, without having to be present at the Writing Commons or to be online with your writing consultant at the time of the session. In order to schedule an email session you will be asked to provide substantial information about your draft and about your writing process. The information we require you to send us takes the place of the give-and-take of conversation in an in-person session with a writing consultant, so please give us as much information as you can.
Email Feedback sessions have the same goals as in-person and virtual sessions: to help you become productive and successful as a writer! The Writing Commons is not a proofreading service, and we cannot edit and proofread for you. We can, instead, help you locate resources, and notice patterns so that you can learn to edit and proofread for yourself. Everyone at the university must be confident that students are doing their own work, and that work includes the work of editing and proofreading.
How to Schedule an Appointment
How to Self Schedule
We are inside the university’s new scheduling platform, KSU Navigate! https://www.kent.edu/ksunavigate
To find us in the app . . .
- Log in to KSU Navigate.
- Select Tutoring and Academic Support as the Care Unit.
- Select Writing Assistance and the Service.
- Select Kent Campus Writing Commons, Library 4th Floor as the Location.
From here, choose what works best for you!
- Choose a scheduled appointments or look for drop-in time.
- Choose in-person or virtual.
- Choose your writing consultant, or just select by availability.
If you do not see any appointments of drop ins when you need them, call or stop by any time we are open, and we will work to connect you with one of our Writing Consultants.
How to Email Us a Draft for feedback
Fill in our online submission form and attach your draft. We will take it from there! If all the information we need is included on your submission form, no other action is needed on your part. We will schedule your draft for feedback with the next available consultant. We will send you your feedback shortly after the email feedback session ends. For additional help scheduling an email session, please watch the video, or call us at 3300-672-1787.
View the Email Feedback Submission Video
How to work with us as a Walk-In (without an appointment)
Writers are welcome at the Writing Commons for a session anytime, even when all the appointments are filled on our session scheduler. Walk-in sessions are given on a first come, first serve basis, as consultants become available. Writers may need to wait until a writing consultant becomes available. Walk-in sessions are usually less than 45 minutes, as they occur in between other booked sessions. We encourage students to schedule sessions to be sure they can have a full 45-minute session.
Please Note: Your writing consultant may be observed for training and professional development purposes by another member of our staff during your session. If you have questions or concerns about this practice, please contact us at writing@kent.edu.