If you e-mail your paper to the SLAC OWL, a writing tutor will read it over and e-mail you back some comments. You can expect a response in less than 48 hours, excluding weekends and school breaks.

• If your paper is 2 pages or less, fill out the form below. Make sure to click on "Send your paper to the SLAC OWL" when you are done.
• If your paper is more than 2 pages, fill out the form below but do not paste your paper in the box provided. Make sure to click on "Send your paper to the SLAC OWL" when you are done. Then you will need to send your paper as an attachment via regular e-mail to slacowl@txstate.edu
• Priority is given to papers from within Texas State University-San Marcos.

Our Purpose

One of our purposes at the Student Learning Assistance Center (SLAC) is to help students become better, more self-sufficient writers. Under no circumstances will any member of the SLAC staff edit students' papers. We define editing as the act of explicitly correcting all or most of the writing problems. We do, however, see teaching editing skills as an important aspect of our writing services. One method of teaching these skills is to work with students on rough drafts of papers they are currently writing. We look for improvement in organization, ways of preventing repeated errors in grammar/sentence structure, and alternatives for word choice errors. We will also discuss ways students may select and narrow topics and teach methods of invention, research, and organizational skills. We will gladly assist you in improving your paper.

 
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If you are sending an assignment, explain the instructions the teacher gave you about the assignment. For example, tell about the assigned topic, the type of paper, the length, the audience, the writing skills emphasized. Also, tell us how long you have been working on the project:

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How can we help? Check no more than 3 important issues on the checklist.

Development - Writer fully explores, explains, illustrates main idea.
Organization - Writer has an effective plan of organization.
Purpose - The writing satisfies the teacher's assignment or the writer's purpose.

Paragraph Development - Writer fully explores, explains, illustrates topic ideas.
Paragraph Organization - Writer arranges ideas logically, uses the best patterns for the topics.
Paragraph Connections - Writer connects ideas: uses transitions, repeats words, uses synonyms, links back to earlier statements.

Sentences are correctly formed and punctuated.
Grammar, punctuation, and spelling are correct.
Sentences are varied and effective.
Word choice and tone are effective for audience.

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