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Get Help with a Writing Project
Stanford offers several different resources designed to help you with the different types of writing projects you may undertake as an undergraduate. These can vary from papers for PWR, IHUM or HumBio courses to a statement of purpose or an honors thesis as you near graduation.
The Hume Writing Center
The Writing Center offers a variety of services to help students with writing projects. You can choose to make a scheduled 30- or 60-minute appointment with a Writing Center tutor. Or you can visit the drop-in hours of a trained peer tutor in the Writing Center or in your dorm.
The Writing Center can help you with the following stages of the writing process:
- Interpreting writing assignments for IHUM, PWR, and Intro Sems
- Brainstorming ideas to get started or get unstuck
- Crafting a strong central idea
- Doing research and working with sources
- Revising drafts
- Editing for clarity and style
Location: Building 460, Room 020
Hours: Mondays, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; and Fridays, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Website: http://swc.stanford.edu
Honors Writing Program
The Honors Writing Program is housed in the Hume Writing Center. It offers students support through editorial consultation, workshops and advanced writing courses as they work on honors theses and other advanced writing projects.
Technical Communications Program
The Technical Communications Program (TCP) in the School of Engineering offers drop-in tutoring help for students’ writing projects and oral presentations.
- Request TCP Drop-In Tutoring help.
- Browse elective courses in technical writing.
Other Resources
- Writing and Research Resources. This page provides students access to resources developed by the Program in Writing and Rhetoric to help students with essays and research projects.
- Research Opportunities at Stanford. This page provides a comprehensive overview of the various resources available to the student researcher.
- Writing a Research Grant. This page provides useful guidelines for writing a proposal for a research grant.
- Writing a Creative Arts Grant. This page provides useful guidelines for writing a proposal for a creative arts grant.
- How I Write Interviews. Attend one of the many quarterly How I Write events. These interviews, conducted by Hilton Obenzinger, feature prominent Stanford faculty speaking about their writing practices, successes and challenges. Also, visit the website to watch videos and read transcripts of past How I Write conversations.
- Boothe Prize Essays. Read prize-winning essays from past IHUM and PWR classes for models of excellence for your own writing