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Welcome to the UW
Online Writing Lab (OWL)

The Writing Center is committed to assisting all university writers. If you are an off-campus student, or if you can't come to the Writing Center during our office hours, you can still use the Writing Center through our Online Writing Lab.

This is two-step process:

1. To get started, please provide the information requested in the form below.
 
  NOTE: We cannot respond adequately to your request without detailed information about (1) the assignment to which you're responding, and (2) the kind of feedback you'd like us to provide.  
 
2. If you have a draft for us to work with, email it to writing@uwyo.edu. Be sure to type your name in the email subject line so we can readily locate your draft.

 
W
hen we receive your file and completed form, we will schedule a consultant to review your draft. Typical review sessions last thirty minutes.

If you can't see the form, scroll down or click here.

Please don't hesitate to email (
writing@uwyo.edu) or call us at 307.766.5250 if you experience any difficulties with this form.


Background

What is your name?
 
Please select your class status from the following list: 
 
What is your email address?          

 

Is English your first language?   yes     no

 

What is your paper/project's title?   N.A.   

 

Can you briefly describe this writing project for us?  

 

When is this writing project due to be completed?  

 


Course Information

Stage in the writing process?
 
How long is your paper?
 
What is your major or department:
                         
Is this writing project for a class assignment? yes     no
   
What course and department is the assignment for?
   
Is this an Outreach Course? yes   no
   
Who is the course instructor?
   

Objectives

Please mark below the one main objective for this conference.  Writing Center Consultants will focus on this one area during the 30-minute consultation.

  Focus/thesis

  Content and development of ideas

  Organization and structure

  Transitions

  Audience and voice

  Format

  Clarity and sentence structure

  Readability and correction of ideas

  Appropriate language and usage

  Grammar and mechanics

  Documentation

  Other (please explain below)

 

 

 

Is there anything else you would like to tell us (e.g., identify specific difficulties, expectations, etc.)?

 
 
  Check here if you would prefer to work with a consultant over the telephone.
 

Thank you; please click Submit to send your information to the Writing Center.