Writing Center

My freshman year I have been to the Writing Center a total of about 5 times even though not all the visits were "official." I definitely found the Writing Center useful because to me, any help at all is beneficial to my writing. Since I procrastinate like most people, I would go the day before a paper is due to look for help. Outlining and starting my papers is usually where I have the most trouble anyway. Once I get started, I'm fine. I went for the Twelfth Night paper because I was really confused with what exactly I was supposed to be writing about. My tutor was some type of drama major (I don't know what kind exactly) so he actually had prior knowledge to the play since Twelfth Night was the play Hofstra was doing. That was really helpful because I didn't have to explain the whole plot of the play. He helped me figure out which sonnet worked best with my thesis and also helped decipher the Shakespearean language that I always find so complicated. After that, he helped me tie the sonnet together with a character from the play. I was able to use that as support for my argument.

I didn't exactly change anything in my essays. When I went to the Writing Center, I went for help to start my paper so all I really had was the assignment paper.