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Tips: Before, During and After your appointment

Before your appointment:

• Do not procrastinate! Plan well in advance (you may need more than 2 appointments).
• Bring the professor’s assignment instructions to the appointment.
• Print out your assignment: double-spaced and in legible font.
• Choose sections of the work that you want to discuss.
• Write down specific questions you may have (e.g. How do I reference this work?).
• Revise your own work to the best of your ability.

N.B.: We strongly advise you to continue seeing the same Writing Advisor who will be able to guide you as well as monitor and optimize your progress.

During your appointment:

• Participate: be engaged in the process.
• Ask questions when you do not understand.
• Practice what you are learning.
• Be flexible about your ideas: question your own work.
• Do not expect your whole document to be seen.
• Respect the limits set by your Writing Advisor.
• After learning a writing skill, actively try to apply it to your writing.

N.B.: Your participation; it is the key to a successful appointment and to progress in your writing.

After your appointment:

• Complete your “homework” – follow the steps that the Writing Advisor has suggested to you.
• Apply the writing skills learned during your appointment(s) to the rest of your assignment.
• Plan your next appointment in advance in order to see the same Writing Advisor.
• Write down any questions you may have.

N.B.: The best way to become an efficient writer is to apply the tools and strategies that you have acquired with your Writing Advisor.

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