Writing Services

• Understanding the assignment and responding to it appropriately.
• Listening and helping organize thoughts and ideas.
• Developing strong thesis statements.
• Creating an outline.
• Turning an outline into a draft.
• Writing effective introductions and conclusions.
• Developing an argument.
• Structuring and organizing.
• Writing clearly and concisely.
• Learning skills and strategies for editing and proofreading your paper.
• Developing critical thinking skills.
• Understanding the difference between description and analysis.
• Identifying online writing resources that help guide the writing process.

• Editing and Proofreading: We can help you learn how to do this for yourself, but we can’t do it for you because that would violate Carleton’s Academic Integrity Policy.
• Multiple Assignments on the same day: We welcome you to book an additional Writing Consultation Session on a different date.
• Exams: To avoid Academic Integrity violations, questions about exams, including take-home exams, should be directed to your professor or teaching assistant.
• Citations: The library provides Citation Guides to help you. Carleton’s Academic Integrity Policy means that the Library cannot check or verify if your citations are correct. Librarians and Subject Specialists can answer general questions about citation practices. In all cases, students should consult the specific edition of the citation guide assigned for their class.
• Resumes, Cover Letters, and Statements of Interest: The team at Career Services is specially trained to help you with all of your professional writing needs.
• Grant Proposals and Graduate Funding Applications: Students are advised to seek help from Career Services, the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, or their supervisors.

During the 2021-22 academic year, CSAS will be offering a variety of interactive webinars via Microsoft Teams. Webinars are an extension of Writing Support Sessions and allow students to explore specific writing skills and strategy topics. Topics will vary.

How to Register:

1. Login Carleton 360 and click on ‘Carleton Central’.
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2. Scroll down to Student Support Services and click on ‘MySuccess’ followed by ‘Continue’.
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3. Click on the three bars on the top left corner of MySuccess to open a navigation bar. Then select ‘Workshops/Events’ in the left-hand navigation bar.
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4. Under Workshops/Events choose ‘CSAS Events’ OR Centre for ‘Student Academic Support’.
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5. Click on the desired webinar and click ‘Register’.
6. You will then have access to the Microsoft Teams meeting link on the webinar page. At the time of the webinar, you may navigate back to MySuccess and simply click on the meeting link.

Please note that webinars are not included in the Incentive Program.