Writing Center Consultations
The Writing Center Consultants are knowledgeable folks who can provide you with guidance and support on a wide variety of writing projects or other types of assignments. They can help no matter where you are in your process, from brainstorming ideas, to crafting a thesis, to outlining, to sentence-level polishing, to cheering you on as you submit your final draft.
Writing Center Consultants offer free one-on-one consultations online for students enrolled in The Seattle School’s graduate degree programs. Book a Zoom meeting with a Writing Center Consultant whenever you need support on a writing project. On campus appointments are not available at this time.
Click the link below to schedule a 40-minute appointment. We will e-mail you the Zoom link in advance of your appointment. Please do not share copies of papers or other documents via Google Drive or e-mail. You’ll be able to share your paper “live” using screen share during our meeting.
Note: Consultants are not available to read work in advance and will focus primarily on discussing, rather than reading, your work in progress. We do not copyedit, proofread, or check citations but will support and resource you towards editing your own work.
Book an appointment with Nicholas Diaz
If you cannot find a time that works for you on the calendar, please email writing@theseattleschool.edu, and we’ll find time for a meeting!
What kinds of help can the Writing Center Consultants provide?Writing Center Consultants can help:
- Answer your questions about writing
- Talk through your challenges and/or worries about writing
- Provide space and time for you to focus on your paper
- Refer you to writing resources
Consultants also offer coaching on:
- Brainstorming ideas
- Crafting a thesis statement
- Organizing your notes and thoughts
- Narrowing down your ideas when you feel like you have too many
- Outlining your paper
- Grammar, style, and punctuation
- Citing in APA and Chicago styles
- Creating a schedule for completing your paper
- Developing a writing process that works for you
Note: Consultants are not available to read work in advance and will focus primarily on discussing, rather than reading, your work in progress. We do not copyedit, proofread, or check citations but will support and resource you towards editing your own work.
Click the link below to schedule a 40-minute appointment. The link will bring you to the Writing Center Google Calendar. Please book your slot at least 12 hours in advance of when you want to meet. We do our best to accommodate same-day appointment requests, but we can’t guarantee your slot unless you book at least 12 hours in advance.
If you don’t see an appointment time that works for you, please e-mail us at writing@theseattleschool.edu. While we can’t guarantee that we’ll be able to meet outside the hours posted on the calendar, we’ll do our best to find a time that fits your schedule.
Consultant Nicholas Diaz, M.A.
writing@theseattleschool.edu
Nicholas Diaz (any pronouns) earned a master’s degree in English, with a concentration in creative writing, from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He continues to work independently, exploring topics of media, technology, and perception through the prism of personal experience. They are also committed to encountering larger realities through poetic practice. Nicholas is a great resource to help with creative/reflective and technical/academic writing as well as any part of the writing process, from brainstorming to essay organization. Outside of work, you can find Nicholas walking around the greater Seattle area in search of a quiet place to read everything from critical theory to visionary poetry. She is the proud mother of two beautiful cats, who might just join us for writing consultations.
Any type of class assignment is something you can take to the Writing Center! The consultants can help you with group projects, class presentations, research papers, reflection writing, and much more.
Writing Center Consultants are happy to help you brainstorm ideas, help you work out a good plan for writing, or read through drafts with you of papers for your courses. However, because they are not in your courses, Writing Center Consultants cannot assist you with course-specific concerns such as interpreting assignments or answering specific questions about what your instructors expect. If you have course-specific questions, such as needing further clarification on course topics, definitions of terms, or a specific assignment’s rubric, Assistant Instructors are better positioned to help you.