Here are the comments writers made when asked, "Would you return to work with the same writing consultant?  Why?" after their Fall 2010 visits to the Writing Center:

·      YES.

·      Yes.  I think he did well for someone who had no idea of the material that I had read.

·      Yes—she knew those rules [about grammar and punctuation].

·      Yes, because he was very helpful and gave me many ideas on how I could strengthen my paper.

·      Definitely—funny and thorough.

·      Yes- very helpful

·      Yes, she was very supportive and helped me to generate ideas by asking inclusive questions.

·      Yes, she was extremely helpful and I feel my paper will be much stronger now that I have worked with her.

·      Yes.  She was very helpful and patient.

·      Yes, she was helpful and gave me good advice about organization.

·      Yeah, he was helpful.

·      Yes, he was helpful by expressing his honest opinion about my writing.

·      Yes, she was very helpful- specifically about this essay but also with general advice about how to organize and write intros.

·      Yes. She asked challenging statements about my argument.

·      Yes, she's helpful.

·      yes, she chose her words carefully to be helpful without criticizing, and she had many helpful ideas.

·      yes, he is very helpful and reassuring

·      Yes, he gave helpful ideas.

·      Absolutely- very engaged in my specific topic.  Applicable feedback.

·      Yes, definitely! She was great and extremely helpful.

·      Yes. I was able to get a  perspective from someone who didn’t have previous knowledge of my topic but still had insightful thoughts.

·      Yes, she was honest and thorough in her explanations

·      Sure. She gave a refreshing perspective on my paper.

·      Yes, she listened attentively and tried to help and offer advice in multiple areas (wording and flow)

·      Yes.

·      Yeah, he was great.yes

·      Yes.

·      Yes because she is helpful and because she's not an econ major.

·      Yes, she was very helpful in going through each paragraph.

·      No.

·      Yes; smart and helpful.

·      Yes, he was helpful in finding errors and knowledgeable about my topic.

·      Yes, he stopped at every paragraph, which I liked.

·      Yes, she helped me see the bigger picture

·      Yes! She was enthusiastic and interested.

·      Yes! Very helpful and comfortable to talk to.

·      Yes.

·      yes, he was so great! He helped me helped me organize my jumbled up thesis that I'd been staring at for hours into something that made sense with the rest of my paper.

·      Yes, she helped me work out my issues with the paper.

·      Yes, because she helped me improve my paper in a methodical manner.

·      Yes, she's patient! And she really helped me to see how I could reorganize the stuff I'd written in a clearer way.  Her thoughts on what was confusing helped a lot.

·      YES.  Admitted when I should explain more, friendly, good at organizing ideas.

·      yes, she gave me great advice.

·      Yes- she was very helpful in assisting me and clarifying/fleshing out my ideas.

·      Yes.  I think he's helpful and intelligent

·      Yeah! She was great!

·      Yes, she was nice and helpful and knowledgeable

·      YES-- very helpful, thank you!

·      Sure, she was helpful.

·      I think all consultants are great; I don't care who I get.

·      Yes, she's fabulous.

·      Yes.

·      Yes. The same consultant might be familiar with my writing.

·      Yes. She is very helpful.

·      Yep! She's great and always helpful.

·      Yes, she was very helpful and understanding (easy to talk with)

·      Yes, she was helpful at making me  think about what I would like to argue.

·      Yes.  It was helpful to look at what I have now and what I can add.

·      Yes, she helped me think about what I was writing about.

·      Yes, she helped me with expanding some of my unfinished ideas in my paper.

·      Yes.  I thought it was much more helpful than last time (with a different consultant).  It's helpful to have someone who doesn't know the topic listen to the paper and see if it is coherent.

·      Probably not. 

·      Yes, cause he's cool.

·      Yes.  She explains punctuation and grammar concepts well.

·      Yes.

·      Yes, he's an articulate dude.

·      Yeah.

·      Yep! She was very helpful.

·      Yes, she is very patient and tries to comprehend even very content-based arguments.

·      Yes, she was critical in a helpful way.

·      Yes because he is consistent and friendly.

·      Yes, seemed helpful.

·      Yes because she provided me with a lot of insight and helped me to improve clarity in my paper.

·      Yes, she made me feel comfortable and slowly went through everything with me, so I understood what she was doing.

·      Yes, Sally was very nice and having her nod and react as I read my essay outloud made it a lot more comfortable and less self conscious about reading my paper.

·      I certainly would.  I'm gonna miss [the consultant] when these are done.

·      Yes, he was very helpful.

·      Yes he was helpful in terms of clarity and structure.

·      Yes, very helpful in a nice way!

·      Yes, very helpful.

·      Yes, he was really fun and funny and excellently versed to see both big and small picture ideas.

·      Yes!! She really makes an effort to understand what I was trying to figure out.

·      Yes.

·      Yes, she offered good advice.

·      Yes, she is very enthusiastic about writing.

·      Sure. I love it.

·      Yes, sure she's patient and very helpful with my grammar.

·      YES. She is really good.

·      Yes, she helped me format my essay.

·      Yes, She can make good points without significant background knowledge.

·      I sure would because I find [the consultant] awefully helpful and friendly.  He knows my name when I come in!

·      Yes, she knows how to write well.

·      Yes, she was supportive and helpful and allowed me to do the work myself.

·      Yes, she made things very clear.

·      Yes, she was very helpful in getting me to really think about what I wanted to say in the paper.

·      I wanted more suggestions on how to improve the paper, not just if it made sense.

·      Yes, gave good advice.

·      Maybe not.

·      NO. This is my second time with [the consultant].  The first time he asked irrelevant questions and I left the appointment feeling discouraged.  I got an A- on the paper.  He does not understand what good writing is. I'm not trying to be mean, but he has not helped me two times in a row.  He continues to get caught up in useless material.

·      maybe.

·      Yes- helpful decisions and suggestions

·      Yes.

·      Yes, he was really nice.

·      Maybe.

·      Yes, she's so helpful and so much fun to work with.

·      Yup! Somehow she was able to help me make sense of my thoughts.

·      Yes.  She's nice.

·      Fine.

·      Yes.

·      Yes, she was very helpful.

·      Yes- she was really logical and helpful in explaining what I should write about.  She was easy to talk to and I feel much more confident now.

·      Yes because my consultant is consistant and friendly.

·      yes.

·      Yes, he is thorough and pin points the problems

·      Yes- she was very quick at picking up on the paper's theme and give relevant advice.

·      Yes, very supportive and good at catching errors.

·      Yes, he's great.

·      Yes. She's knowledgeable and responsible and respectful.

·      Yes, he did a very effective job of leaving me to the issues with my paper instead of just spoon feeding me the issues with my paper.

·      I sure would! I come to [this consultant] regularly.

·      Yes, because she took an interest in my writing and gave me many helpful tools for future work.

·      Sure.  She focused on the critical points concerning my paper.  She suggested a good way of going forward.

·      yes- very helpful.

·      Yes.  He's very reliable, easy to talk to, and gave good advice all at my own pace.

·      Sure.

·      Yes- she gave good feedback on diction, which is what I needed help with.  She focused on the issues that I wanted to focus on in my paper.

·      Yes- she was helpful.

·      Yep- he was helpful even though he didn't know the source material and he asked probing questions that helped clarify what I really thought.

·      Yes; she's really thoughtful.

·      Yes.  She's nice and warm.

·      Yes.  She knows how to write well.

·      Yes- very thoughtful comments.

·      Yes, she was very helpful.

·      Yes- another would have said similar things/advice.

·      Yes, I come every Tuesday just to see [the consultant]; he's so helpful.

·      Yep! As always, she was very helpful.

·      Yes, she was very helpful and gave me really good advice.

·      Yes because she was nice and specific to the problems.

·      Yes, but he took too much time on clarity and not everything I needed.

·      Yes, she was super helpful.

·      Yes! [The consultant] gave me specific and helpful answers that allowed me to write a better introduction.

·      Sure.

·      Yes, it was very helpful to talk my way through things with sound.

·      Yes, she had me make the corrections and allowed me to see what needed to be fixed.

·      Yes.  She was helpful in helping me organize my ideas into an argument and gave me tips for actually writing my thesis.

·      Yes, she did a great job.

·      Yes.  She is nice and I felt comfortable going over my problems.

·      Definitely.  He was very enthusiastic and supportive, and he was careful not to insert his own ideas into the paper but only suggest ways of clarifying mine.

·      Yes, she was very helpful- critical but reassuring, and she struck me as knowledgeable about writing.

·      As a junior it might have been more helpful to get a consultant who was a junior or a senior.

·      Yes, helpful.

·      I would try to talk to someone who has more experience with English although [the consultant] did a good job with what he knew.

·      Yes. Very helpful.

·      Yes. She helped a lot with the thesis at the end of the introduction paragraph and went over if the thesis is consistent with the other paragraphs

·      Yes, I felt comfortable discussing my ideas.

·      Yes.  Despite the fact that she may not understand the subject matter, she can still help construct an excellent outline.

·      Yes.

·      Yes.  My biggest issue for the two assignments has been expanding my ideas.  He was able to help me by asking questions and offering new thoughts that might help to expand my arguments.

·      Doubtful.  I found that it's hard to understand some of his ideas, and I found that some of the ideas didn't really make sense to me.

·      Sure, he gave me a few good transition sentences.

·      Yes because she's very helpful.

·      ABSOLUETLY.  He has been the most helpful writing tutor I have had here by far.  My appointment was supposed to be 25 mins long, and it lasted for 90.  I can honestly say I had tremendous fun discussing my paper with him.  Give the man a raise! He definitely deserves it.

·      Yes.

·      Yes, she was very helpful.  She have me her feedback about what I could improve on my paper, but also helped me think of ways to fix it myself.

·      Yes, he was critical but helpful, and he made me find my own mistakes.

·      Yes because he is my friend.

·      Yes, she seemed knowledgeable and explained herself well.

·      Yes, she was patient and supportive.

·      Yeah it was helpful.

·      Yes, she was helpful in making sure the paper flowed.

·      Yes, she was very helpful.

·      Yes.

·      I don't know.  

·      Yes, he was very helpful.

·      Yes, but with a more complete draft.  She was helpful but we couldn't talk about a lot.

·      Yes. She is really helpful and patient.  She taught me how to unfold my ideas better.

·      Yes, she was very helpful and was timely.

·      Yes, thorough and clear comments.

·      Yes, very helpful and critical.

·      Definitely, nice and helpful.

·      Yes- very thorough

·      Sure.  She was very helpful both with clarifying my thoughts and with searching for synonyms.

·      Yes, very helpful.

·      Yes, I will gradually do that because he helped me understand my mistakes and he was nice.

·      Yes, she was helpful in making me evaluate the information.

·      Yeah. It was helpful.

·      Yes, [the consultant] is so nice!

·      Yes- she was critical and thought-provoking but also encouraging.

·      Yeah. 

·      Yes- very helpful, insightful comments.

·      Yes- he helped me come up with a good idea for how to tie it into my thesis.  Very helpful!

·      Absolutely- helpful, constructive criticism.

·      Yes.  She was easy to approach and take criticism from.

·      Yes! She is great.

·      Yes.  I love coming to Will- it's a regular thing!

·      Yes, he helped a lot.

·      Definitely.  She was very good as distilling the mass of ideas I had into the main points that I really wanted to focus on (and helped me to see how to refine and reorganize those ideas).

·      Yes- very helpful and constructive!

·      Yes.  She understands writing well.

·      Yes! He was very attentive to the weaknesses and strengths of my paper.

·      Yes, he is helpful.

·      No… not very helpful.

·      Sure. He's nice.

·      Yeah, cause she's patient.

·      No.  I f she could pay more attention to my paper I would return to her.

·      Yes, very helpful.

·      Yes, she was very nice.

·      No, because it's strange getting writing help from your friend.

·      I would return to [the consultant] again.  She did a really good job of seeing my ideas and being able to rework sentences so that my view was a lot clearer.  She was very helpful and articulated her suggestions very well.

·      Definitely! She closely read and thought about my paper and offered great advice

·      Yes, because she is helpful and nice

·      Yes because he was really helpful

·      Yes- he is very patient and understands technical terms

·      No. He's not familiar with science paper writing.

·      Yes, I come regularly every week and he always has something new to say.

·      Yes, very helpful in helping me extract ideas for my paper.

·      Yes! She's [the consultant]!

·      Yes! She was really nice and helpful.

·      Yes, she was helpful and reassuring.

·      Yes, she was very patient, knowledgeable, personal, and helpful

·      Yes, he was really helpful and honest

·      Yes, [the consultant] really laid out how I can represent my ideas in a more efficient manner in the intro.  I would have liked to go through the rest of my essay but there wasn't enough time as we spent a lot of it on the intro.

·      Sure- very helpful and clear

·      yes, very thorough and carefully went over everything

·      Yes! Very helpful and I felt comfortable sharing why I had done things and liked receiving feedback.

·      Yes, very attentive and gave good feedback

·      Yes, he was very helpful and nice.

·      Yes, since she helps brainstorming ideas

·      Maybe.  It was good because we focused on topic shifts, but we didn’t focus on other things.

·      Yes.  [The consultant] listened really carefully and was relaxing to talk to.  That made it easier for me to think out loud.

·      Yes he was very easy to talk with.

·      Yes.

·      Probably, she is helpful.

·      Yes, [the consultant] was helpful in listening to my concerns and clear that my writing is understandable and good.

·      Yes- helpful and organized

·      Yes! [The consultant] was patient and made constructive comments and criticisms.

·      Yes, he was helpful and honest.

·      Yes- very helpful and organized

·      Very helpful in making my writing make sense.

·      Yes, she was very helpful in helping me clarify the focus of my essay.

·      Yes.  He was very able to grasp my meaning even when I was unable to clearly explain my meaning, and he was able to explain how I could make my point more clear..

·      Yes, she rightly suggests issues with my paper

·      Yes because she understands how to write well.

·      Yes, she was very helpful.

·      Yes, her insight into flow is extremely helpful

·      Yes, very helpful and constructive.

·      Yes. I love [the consultant].  He's so helpful!

·      Yes because he gave me advice directly related to my initial concern.

·      Yes, he was able to ask questions that helped me clarify my thoughts.

·      I don't know.  We didn’t really discuss the writing as much as how to organize content.

·      Yes, [the consultant] offered a lot of questions for me to think about and to expand my ideas.

·      Yes.  She caught on really fast to the context of the paper and had good general critiques on my writing style.

·      Yes. She had a lot of information and ideas I could use.

·      Yes, she had good insights and caught things I didn't notice.

·      Yes.

·      Yes.

·      Yes.

·      Yes; he helped me figure out how to change what I knew was shaky by offering a reader's perspective. He was easy to work with.

·      Yes, she gave me valuable feedback.

·      Yes, he was very good at pointing out my mistakes and helped me overcome my mistakes.

·      Yes. She helped me build stronger logic.

·      Yes though I wish we had focused more on the structure

·      Yes, helped me structure my thesis

·      Not sure.

·      Yes, she was great!

·      Yes, she is friendly and helpful

·      Yes, she's good. 

·      Yes. I have seen her before and really like her help.

·      Maybe

·      Yes, she helped me a lot with organizing my arguments.

·      Sure. She seemed like she provided good advice about what to do next

·      Yes, she was extremely helpful 

·      Yes, she helped a lot

·      Yes because she really helped me clear up some organizational issues and feel much more confident about my essay.

·      Yes.  She was great!

·      Yes, she was honest and asked good questions

·      Yes- super helpful

·      Definitely.  He gave me some new ideas and helped me to understand where I went wrong.

·      He was great with advice about condensing the paper but I think maybe a student with more awareness of writing for English courses could have been helpful.

·      Yes, she understood my argument very well and provoked me to clarify and elaborate in my own words

·      Yes.  Very helpful.

·      Yes, guided me without putting words on my page.  Made me ask myself the pertinent questions.  Very helpful.

·      Yes, she was very helpful and clear about what it was that I needed to work on… conclusion, intro, and topic sentences

·      yes, she was great!

·      Yes because she helped me understand the importance of coherence

·      Yes!

·      yes, my paper looks clearer

·      Yes he gives clear suggestions

·      yes, thorough and careful

·      Yes

·      Yes, he was very helpful in helping me sort out my thoughts and opinions

·      Yes, very helpful

·      I would.  She helped focus my essay and make sure I did not forget about relating my body paragraohs to my thesis

·      Yes, he helped me organize my ideas.

·      Yes, she was helpful

·      Yes, she was helpful

·      Sure.  She seemed knowledgeable, but we were short on time

·      Yes! He was really thorough and obviously cared about my writing

·      Yes, very helpful

·      Yes, she was affective and well-spoken

·      Yes,he was helpful

·      Yes, she was very helpful.  Helped me organize my thoughts

·      Yes.  He is really helpful and patient with me. He helped me examine every part of my paper and gave me great advice.

·      Yes, he was very helpful

·      sure- she helped me understand my professor's comments

·      Yes- helpful.

·      Yes- He helped me think through clarity in my paper

·      Yes- she was nice, helpful, and had a lot of resources

·      I would return because [the consultant] is helpful, nice and gives criticism without it feeling like criticism

·      Definitely, without a doubt.  He was extremely nice and helped me along in my writing. Thanks!

·      Yes. [The consultant] was very helpful in many aspects of my writing.  Even without knowing the play I was working from he still helped me develop my content.

·      Yes because she was great and helped me with a lot of things

·      Yes

·      Absolutely.  She can clearly see what a writer intends to say even though she might not be familiar with the subject

·      Yes, she has been very helpful throughout my Watson project

·      yes, it is precise

·      Yes, she was very helpful.  She was positive and made me feel good about my ideas, yet game me constructive criticism

·      yes, the info was very helpful

·      Yes because he gave me good advice about writing techniques as an experienced student

·      Yes, she was very thorough and really helped make my essay sound a lot better

·      I would because I have to for class

·      yes- very helpful

·      I'm not sure because if I had a first edition or even a draft the situation would be different.

·      Yes- she was friendly and focused on things that I felt were useful at the stage of the writing process I was at.

·      Yes.  He seemed to really care about my writing and provided exactly the comments that I was looking for.

·      Yes, she was helpful and recognized the weaknesses and strengths of my writing.

·      Yes.  She helped me to get a great foothold on the topic.

·      Sure if she is not at midnight because I am tired and sleepy

·      Yes. I learned a lot from her

·      yes, she was very nice and helpful

·      Yes, but I always like new people.  She was honest

·      yes, sure.  She asked me the exact questions that I needed to re-organize my thoughts and ideas (thank you so much for that)

·      yes, she was very helpful

·      yes, because he knows how to write well

·      Definitely! He was extremeley and seemed genuinely interested in what I was writing

·      Yes! He was very helpful

·      yes- he is very friendly

·      yes, she is very helpful and passionate about writing.  She had great ideas and helped me a lot with my first step to writing the paper

·      yes, she is very patient and helpful

·      yes, she was engaged, very helpful, and has the same professor I currently have

·      Yes because his questions about what I was trying to say made me think more critically about what I was actually saying

·      yes, the advice was not only helpful for this paper, but for my writing in general

·      Yes.  She really took time to go through minute details and I felt my essay really improved within 30 minutes

·      yes-she was straightforward and helped me work through my essay

·      yes helpful- asked me good questions about my paper/purpose, but 25 mins was really short!!

·      yes, she helped me with maintaining the focus of my thesis throughout my essay

·      yes! Super helpful and not condescending or belittling

·      yes helpful with bigger picture

·      Yes.  She talked me through what I thought the author was trying to express until I came up with a thesis that instantly made my paper much better without even modifying the body.

·      Yep! She was very helpful in processing my complicated topic

·      Yes, he was very effective in helping me create a simple outline

·      yes because he gave me many ideas and was nice

·      yes because she is thoughtful and helped me figure out more about what I really think

·      Yes. He is very responsible and great!

·      yes because he is very friendly and skilled

·      Yes, she knew what she was talking about

·      Yes, very clear and accurate

·      Yes. Easy to talk to

·      Absolutely.  He was very kind and patient with me and offered some constructive ideas for my writing.

·      yes.  Critical and friendly in a constructive way

·      Absolutely, her advice was very relevant and specific, as well well as useful as an outside viewpoint

·      sure, why not?

·      yes, she was really helpful and kind.  I was comfortable

·      yes, it was helpful.

·      Yes, she was very patient and answered all my questions.

·      Yes.  He was very nice and seemed to be interested in that I was doing

·      Yes very helpful. Proactive, not overly hands-on

·      yes, she was really helpful to make me explain what the ideas in my head were that I only hinted at in my writing

·      Yes. He understands academic writing

·      I would.  She helped with making the focus of my essay clear and how to appropriately use grammatical symbols

·      Yes, because [the consultant] is the best!

·      yes.  She was encouraging and helpful

·      yes, he was helpful and made me feel more confident about revising my paper

·      Yes, because it was helpful and I have to for my seminar

·      yes- helpful advice

·      yes, she is very helpful in brainstorming

·      Yes, she's nice

·      Sure.  She helped me think about focusing my paper

·      Certainly.  She was willing to listen, but not afraid to point out flaws.  She obviously has a good understanding of writing.

·      Yes. She followed along closely as I read and provided helpful suggestions

·      Yes. She was helpful, nice, and clear

·      Yes, but I would try to steer the conversation towards the things I actually wanted help with.  She seemed very knowledgeable and was very nice, but I felt that many of the things we discussed were not helpful at this point in the writing process and would have been much more helpful during the brainstorming stage.

·      I would, she was extremely helpful and friendly, and she had a genuine interest in my work

·      I would because my consultant asked me useful questions that helped me to re-think the organization of my essay, and she provided helpful tips for my revision

·      totally. Very helpful and nice.

·      Yes, because he helped me work through my ideas and find a better way of expressing them in a paper format

·      Yes, she was very helpful

·      Yes because she made suggestions but the work felt like it was my own

·      Yes; very nice, good ideas, not at all critical

·      yes, because she’s insightful and helpful

·      Yes, she was great. She really helped me clear up some confusing sections in my paper.

·      Yes, he is very clear about what I need to know and asked for my reasons behind some of the words I used

·      Yes, she was very honest and had good suggestions

·      Yes, knowledgeable and friendly

·      Yes! She was really helpful, especially in my time crunch.  She said just enough to get me out of my writer's block, but not too much that she was giving me the answers

·      Yes, she was informative

·      Yes. Made good comments abut what to improve

·      yes because she explained where I needed to improve

·      Yes, his way of teaching is very easy to understand

·      Yes. Listened attentively and gave good suggestions

·      Yes-she really tried to understand the thesis of the paper rather than just checking for grammatical and punctuality errors

·      Most definitely.  She was really helpful and had lots of helpful pointers.

·      Yes because he helped me out a lot

·      yes- helped me understand some integral problems

·      yes, very helpful and eager to help.  But I could see someone that had more experience being more helpful.

·      Sure

·      Yes, she knows what to do for fixing problems

·      Yes! She helped me make progress! Woo Hoo!

·      Yes, she is nice

·      Yeah, he helped me figure out what was important

·      Yes, she was very helpful and it effectively gave me the chance to change/think a different way without being criticized.

·      Yes because she helped me clarify some of my ideas, and be more specific

·      Yes, she told me about her own experience and it made sense

·      Yes I would. He was a big help.

·      Yes, she was very helpful and knowledgeable

·      definitely! She's friendly and very helpful

·      Yes, she was very helpful

·      Yes, he helped me quite a bit in discussing the direction and goal of the writing

·      Yes, she was good at giving feedback and helping determine what would be appropriate for the interview

·      Yes, of course!  He is friendly and helpful

Yes.  Very knowledgeable and knew exactly what I was talking ab