Whether you are working on an academic, personal, or professional writing project, we can help you start.

We can also help with all the stuff that comes later.

We offer in-person sessions in JMU's Student Success Center, online sessions through our WCOnline scheduler, and walk-in, café-style help in our new East Campus satellite location.

Our trained consultants can help you at any stage of your writing project. If it's your first UWC session, or if it's your first online UWC session, or if you want to make your UWC session better, visit our Schedule an Appointment page.

• We'd love to see you in person. The University Writing Center is part of JMU's Learning Centers, located on the first floor of the Student Success Center (Room Suite 1100-1167).
• If you need or prefer an online session, click on the "Yes, schedule online appointment" button.
• East Campus Walk-In Wednesdays: Join us in EnGeo 0303 from 4:00 - 7:00 on Wednesdays.

For information on whether a 30- or 60-minute session is best for you, accessing your online session, group sessions, and more, consult our Schedule an Appointment page.

Need immediate help, no matter where you are in your writing process? The UWC's Writing Guides and Handouts site is your gateway to hundreds of useful online resources that our team has created here at JMU or has endorsed as accurate, accessible, and up to date.

Lucy Malenke served JMU writers from 2014-2023. During her nine years at JMU, she worked as a consultant, liaison to CHBS, professor, mentor, and twice as Interim UWC Co-Director. She also created a set of truly useful writing resources for the UWC's Writing Guides and Handouts suite of resources. Here's a sample:

• Empirical research writing: our suite of resources for Writing Empirical Research Papers offers detailed step-by-step advice. Start with the big-picture "Overview of Empirical Research Papers" and then check out overviews and annotated samples for each section in your paper.
• Literature reviews: writing your first lit review? Want to do it better or bigger this time? Visit our Literature Review resources.
• Personal statements and statements of purpose: this Personal Statements: An Overview handout and annotated sample personal statement resource can get you started. Our Personal Statements page offers additional help (plus, we'd love to work with you in person).
• Rhetorical Analysis: check out Rhetorical Analyses: An Overview and Annotated Rhetorical Analysis for key terms, concerns, and organizational strategies.