{"id":50,"date":"2016-07-12T16:04:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T21:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webtest.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-07-07T10:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:04:48","slug":"writing-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writing Skills services help students start writing tasks, learn essay structure, citations, grammar, paraphrasing, organization, avoid plagiarism, handle AI, and more!<\/p>\n<p>Both Joan Garbutt and Karen Skinner offer academic writing skills, while Karen offers an additional focus on English as a second (or additional) language.<strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Please complete and submit the New Intake form when you book your appointment <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/r\/xCtAr3VBg0\" class=\"btn\"><strong>New Intake form<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book an appointment with <\/strong><a href=\"https:&#x2f;&#x2f;&#111;u&#x74;&#x6c;&#x6f;&#111;k&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x66;&#102;i&#x63;&#x65;&#x33;&#54;5&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#109;\/&#x6f;&#x77;&#x61;&#47;c&#x61;&#x6c;&#x65;&#110;d&#x61;&#x72;&#x2f;&#87;r&#x69;&#x74;&#x69;&#110;g&#x53;&#x6b;&#x69;&#108;l&#x73;&#x40;&#x42;&#114;a&#x6e;&#x64;&#x6f;&#110;U&#x6e;&#x69;&#x76;&#101;r&#x73;&#x69;&#x74;&#121;&#46;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x6d;&#105;c&#x72;&#x6f;&#x73;&#111;f&#x74;&#x2e;&#x63;&#111;m\/bookings\/s\/k-LUxMf3dUm0Ndynju1kBw2\" class=\"btn\"><strong>Joan G<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book an appointment with <a href=\"https:&#x2f;&#x2f;&#x6f;&#x75;&#116;&#108;&#111;&#111;k&#46;o&#x66;&#x66;&#x69;&#x63;&#x65;&#51;&#54;&#53;&#46;co&#x6d;&#x2f;&#x6f;&#x77;&#x61;&#47;&#99;&#97;len&#x64;&#x61;&#x72;&#x2f;&#x57;&#114;&#105;&#116;ing&#x53;&#x6b;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#115;&#64;&#66;ran&#x64;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x55;&#x6e;&#105;&#118;&#101;rsi&#x74;&#x79;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#109;&#105;&#99;&#114;os&#x6f;&#x66;&#x74;&#x2e;&#x63;&#111;&#109;\/bookings\/s\/1m2sUBvkYkWdvWjfc0G7pQ2\" class=\"btn\">Karen S<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>Students are allowed one writing appointment per week, only.\u00a0 You cannot book an appointment with Joan and then another in the same week with Karen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion-1\" class=\"accordion no-js\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-1-t1\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" data-initialstate=\"closed\">\n\t\t\t\tServices for Students\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1-c1\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/writing-skills-walk-in-assistance\/\">Writing Skills Walk-in Assistance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/writing-skills-workshops\/\">Workshop Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/services-for-students\/#email\">Email<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-skills\/writing-skills\/services-for-students\/#online-resources\">Online Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"book-detail-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubcpress.ca\/tldr\">TL;DR &#8211; 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