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Virtual Writing Center

 

Welcome to the Virtual Writing Center

The VWC provides free peer feedback on writing for Antioch University students. We support your writing process from start to finish!
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  • Outlining and Planning: Submit your outlines and notes for feedback on ideas.
  • Major Revision: Submit your initial drafts, and even incomplete drafts, for big picture feedback on thesis, structure, organization, integration of sources, and so on.
  • Minor Revision: Submit your 2nd or 3rd drafts to work on paragraph structure, clarity, conciseness, syntax, and other sentence-level feedback.
  • Style and Polish: Submit your near-final drafts for suggestions about APA or MLA, word choice, grammar, and other procedural edits.

Log in here to submit your writing.

First time using the VWC? Click here instructions on how to make an account.

Have questions about the process or technical issues submitting? Contact us by email or voicemail! Email us at [email protected], or leave us a voicemail at 937.769.1355.

Page art by Julie Fortney, VWC Peer Consultant

VWC Mission and Philosophy:

The VWC strives to support Antioch students throughout their programs by welcoming and supporting all writers to express themselves in their academic work. Our feedback is structured around peer readership to foster collaborative learning, and framed with the principle of respecting individual writers and voices. The VWC is committed to language diversity and furthering antiracism at Antioch by understanding and advocating against linguistic discrimination. Similarly, the VWC is committed to inclusive support for writers of all abilities by adapting our feedback to writers’ individual needs. Finally, the VWC is dedicated to ongoing growth in our own practice and to confidentiality in our feedback to writers.

Read our full mission and philosophy statement here.

Announcements: Winter and Spring

The VWC is open for submissions as usual! Happy 2022, and stay safe.

 

How to Submit Your Work

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Use the “Submit Your Writing” menu on the top right (desktop) or bottom (tablet and mobile) to access the VWC system and send in your work for comments. For details about parts of the process, check out the links below:

New Resources: Tips for Virtual Meetings

This resource offers a few tips for an effective virtual session:

Nearly all Antioch University programs transitioned to APA 7th Edition as of January 2020. Below are three resources to help you understand the new Student Writing guidelines, and the specific changes in 7th Edition as compared to 6th Edition:

The Writer’s Toolkit: Picking a Topic – Tuning in to Emotions Rather than Thoughts

Choosing a paper topic can feel like an uphill trek. For me, picking a topic is sometimes the hardest part of the writing process. I either have multiple topic ideas floating around in my head, making it nearly impossible to choose just one, or I have zero topic ideas and feel unmotivated and uninspired to come up with one I feel is worth exploring.

I remember beginning a paper a few quarters ago by ruminating on what topic would fit neatly into the assignment requirements and be easiest to research. Focusing on these two pieces alone resulted in me composing a paper that felt like a chore to write. I had an “aha” moment after completing that paper:

Finishing it did not feel fulfilling because I began the writing process by trying to think my way towards a topic. Instead, tuning into how I felt emotionally would have illuminated one or two paths that felt more meaningful. I now ask myself some questions before I begin each paper writing excursion. If I have too many topic ideas, I ask, “Which topic feels most important to me? Which topic will bring me the most fulfillment or joy to write about?” If I can’t come up with any topic ideas, I ask, “What about this specific paper feels uninspiring? Am I feeling any emotions that are blocking my ability to think creatively?”

Writing is often an emotional journey. Sometimes this emotional voyage can become overshadowed by focusing solely on meeting assignment requirements. Not every paper will feel gratifying to write, but I’ve learned that paying attention to my emotional experience helps me identify a profound trailhead so that I can consider the logistical pieces of narrowing my topic before moving along in my now more rewarding paper writing expedition.

Greer King

Greer King
Virtual Writing Center Peer Consultant
Antioch University

The Writer’s Toolkit Archives:
Tips from the VWC Staff

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