The Writing Center (as I see it)

I try to approach the Writing Center as a safe space where students can receive compassionate feedback. If the University is a stage, we are those who wait behind the velvet curtains, powdering noses and running lines. The trouble is that the audience expects - as they should - a five-star performance, and sometimes the actors were never taught exactly how to deliver that line or dance the closing number. Each student acts a different role, in a different genre - ballet, hip hop, vaudeville. Our role is to know it all, and to provide a helping hand unseen.