The Psychology Writing Support Center is a place where master's and doctoral students in the UIUC psychology department can come to receive one-to-one to help with their scientific writing

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The Psychology Writing Support Center is a service for Master's and Ph.D. students in the Department of Psychology to receive one-to-one support for academic writing.

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The Psychology Writing Support Center provides one-to-one writing support and consultation for Master's and Ph.D. students in the Department of Psychology.

Click here to book an appointment.

Email us with questions at psychology.wsc@gmail.com

 

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Basic (micro) Writing Skills

We can help you identify recurrent grammatical and phrasing issues and aid in non-native English writers' development.

 

 

 

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Advanced (macro) Writing Skills

We can help you develop a clear and succinct writing style, improve organization and flow, and strengthen your arguments. 

 

 

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Writing Workshops

We provide writing workshops based on students' needs. This may include writing support groups for grant mechanisms (e.g., NRSA, NSF, Ford Fellowship), discipline-specific awards (e.g., APA dissertation award), and more general writing fitness. 

 

 

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Writing Support 

Writing can be very hard work, and almost all scientists struggle with writing motivation at one point or another. We have some tips and tricks that could help organize your writing schedule and boost your writing motivation and productivity.

 

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For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really [terrible] first drafts. 

​- Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird