Resources

Consultant Training & Resources

• 383 Syllabus: The semester-long class for training all writing consultants at Richmond. The link will take you to our class Google Site.
• Conference info sheet (read only) and conference summary forms.
• The Art of Good Commentary: standards and examples for preparing commentary on student drafts.
• The Art of Remote Conferences: the pandemic shifted our work dramatically, but this guide shows how to meet, greet, and assist writers in person or online.
• Richmond's Student Center for Equity and Inclusion: Consultants requested more training for DEI issues, and we have an excellent local site to improve our work with all writers.

Blogs & Professional Organizations

• Richmond Writing reports program news, Words of the Week, and Metaphors of the Month. We welcome you as readers and if you would like to write for our blog, contact Joe Essid for more information.
• WLC: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship
• Southeastern Writing Center Association Virginia Chapter

Handbooks

• Writer's Web: A free, public-access handbook designed and maintained by Dr. Joe Essid. This content is in the process of being reformatted for the Writing Center website.
• Purdue OWL: One of the world's most comprehensive online resources for writers.