Writing Center

Online Writing Lab (OWL) > Submit Your Essay

Use this form to send us questions and drafts of your writing projects. Remember, the more details you provide about your work, the better we can help you. If you don't explain your specific situation, we may need to e-mail and ask for more information before we can give you any useful suggestions. Send Paper button -- you must click this button at the bottom of this form to send your paper to an online writing tutor. Clear Form button -- use this button at the bottom of the page to erase the form and begin over. Remember-we must have your correct e-mail address to respond to your questions.

Name:   E-Mail:   Class:   Instructor:   Due Date:   Phone: optional.     Include your phone number if OWL tutors may call you to clarify information on your submit form.                         Please describe the assignment you were given for this paper. We need to know your purpose and audience to give you helpful advice:                       What is your goal in this paper? What effect do you want to have on your reader? How have you decided to organize it?                       What stage are you at in the writing process--brainstorming, first draft, near-final form? What do you think are your papers strengths and weaknesses at this point?               Pick 2 or 3 areas that concern you in your paper:     whole paper issues   paragraph issues   sentence structure brainstorming paragraph breaks sentence variety thesis focus run-together introduction/conclusion order fragments development transitions parallel structure supporting details     misplaced modifiers         active/passive voice               audience   common ESL issues   grammar and punctuation tone prepositions verb tense word choice articles subject/verb agreement     word order commas     word omission apostrophes     vocabulary quotation marks               documentation         introducting quotes         citing quotes and paraphrases     works cited correctly         formatting                       There are 2 ways to submit a paper to the electronic Writing Center: 1. First save your paper! Copy your entire paper and paste it in the box below. Click the Send Paper button at the bottom of the form when you are done. If you do not see a screen thanking you for submitting your paper, please send it as an attachment in an e-mail to the writing tutors. See step 2 below. Thank you.           2. Send an e-mail to writingtutor@PLEASEREMOVEcabrillo.edu and attach your paper to the e-mail. Use this only when you cannot cut and paste your paper.