The MIT Writing and Communication Center, 12-132

The Writing Center (12-132) offers free professional advice about all writing and oral presentation issues. All members of the MIT community (students, post-docs, visiting scholars, staff and faculty members, and alums) get free individual consultations about any writing difficulty, from questions about grammar to matters of style, including difficulties common to writers, such as overcoming writer’s block, organizing papers, taking essay exams, revising one’s work, or presenting scientific information. They may visit the Center during any stage of the writing process: prewriting, writing a first draft, revising, or editing. Consultations may concern papers that have been (or will be) submitted for a grade. The Center is not, however, a proofreading service; it aims to treat writing as a process, to clarify and promote techniques of good writing. The Center provides specialized help to those for whom English is a second language.