Pensacola State College Writing Lab

06/17/2026

...or a writing tutor! Students are always surprised when they come to the Writing Lab and receive praise, but they shouldn't be!

Nobody loves hard-fought, excellent sentences and well-structured arguments more than we do! Your best and worst drafts are both welcome here. 🥰

06/16/2026

Are you missing any of your favorite characters today? It’s a rainy day and a perfect time to revisit your favorite books!

06/15/2026

There’s no need to procrastinate when the Writing Lab tutors can help! Come by and see us today! 🥰

06/12/2026

Happy weekend! Don't forget that although we are closed on Fridays during this part of the summer, the Writing Lab will be OPEN both in person (Building 4, Room 448, Pensacola campus) and online via Zoom on Saturday from 9 - 1 and Sunday from 12 - 5. Hope to see you soon! 🥰

06/10/2026

Since many of you are writing your first paper of the summer right now, this guide might be helpful!

Remember to keep your professor's preferences and requirements in mind. Some don't like it when your thesis has a three-part list, while others encourage or require it.

Read the instructions carefully, and come to the Writing Lab to make sure you're on the right track before you turn it in. We're here for you! 🥰

06/09/2026

No college essay can defeat you! Come see a Writing Lab tutor, and we'll help you develop a battle plan that will make getting started a lot easier. You've got this! 🙌

06/08/2026

This is an exciting time for those who love Edith Wharton's work. 😊 Do you have any stories, poems, or essays that you started but never finished? Summer can be a good time to pull them out again to see if there is some buried treasure in them after all. Take another look. You might find something wonderful!

The Men Who Saved the World, the Pulitzer winner’s lost manuscript found in Yale archives, appears in Strand magazine

06/04/2026

Do you have an assignment deadline coming up? 😮 The Writing Lab tutors can help you—even at the last minute—so please don’t hesitate to come by! We’re here for you. 🥰

06/03/2026

Author Emily Rapp wants you to go beyond outlines and allow your creative process to unfold in whatever form works best for you. The Writing Lab tutors wholeheartedly agree!

In fact, they've been known to paper our office walls in sticky notes or diagrams when they're working on a project for one of their classes. Need help cutting loose and finding the fun in writing once again? Come by to see the experts. We can help! 🥰



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This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. One summer in Brooklyn I made an outline for my first book. I was told I must do this, or my ideas would be unorganized, m…