KU Graduate Students


If you're interested in joining a KU Writing Center writing group, we meet on Mondays (12-1:30 pm) and Thursdays (3-4:30 pm every week) at Anschutz 428.
Come write, talk about your work, and get feedback from peers and KU Writing Center staff. Please contact Liana Silva(lianasilva@ku.edu), our Graduate Writing Specialist, for more information.

Writing Center Support

Make an Appointment

Don't wait in line! Schedule a time to work with a writing consultant at our Anschutz or Watson locations by using our online appointment system or calling 785.864.2399.


Online Consultations

Submit your writing online and receive a response by e-mail within 48 hours (except weekends). Available to all KU students and staff during the spring, summer, and fall semesters.


Graduate Student Writing Groups

Our graduate student writing groups provide participants with a community of writers as well as a sense of accountability. They complement our other types of support like the Write-Ins (Fall, Spring), and graduate student writing consultations.


Graduate Student Write-In

Whether you are preparing for your comprehensive exams, writing your dissertation or dissertation prospectus, editing a paper for publication, writing a book review or fellowship application, we invite you to join us.

Additional Writing Support

Dissertation Distress/Thesis Torment Group

This group is for graduate students who are working on a dissertation or thesis. The focus is on problem solving, taking positive action, and staying motivated. It is open to students in all graduate program.

Graduate Support Program

The KU Graduate Support Program offers writing and presentation classes, a writing support group, and workshops for graduate students and faculty. Classes include GS 750 (Professional Writing); GS 700 (Thesis and Dissertation Writing); GS 706 Professional Presentations, and GS 710 (Thesis and Dissertation Writing Tutorial).

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Wisdom

I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don′t let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don′t mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any other vice.

~Mark Twain


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