Email Instruction Request Form

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IMPORTANT: Please read the following statement and click "Yes or No."

I have looked at the timetable, and I understand that it will take two business days to receive feedback on my draft.


Yes
No

If you can't wait 2 business days for feedback, please do NOT send your draft to the Online Writing Center. Consider visiting one of our in-person Writing Center locations instead. Click here to see our hours and locations. Or try our live Online Writing Center.



First, tell us about you:
Your name
Wiscmail address (must end in wisc.edu)
@ wisc.edu
Telephone
Level


Now, about your paper:
UW-Madison Course
(Department, Number, and Topic)
Your Assignment. Be specific — give as much detail as possible. If there are particular questions or instructions in the assignment, please include them here, just as your instructor wrote them. After all, writing never happens in a vacuum. We really need to know the context in which you’re writing in order to make useful comments on your draft.
  • What specifically are you most concerned about in this draft?
  • On past assignments, has your instructor made any suggestions about writing issues to work on?
  • What are your other concerns?
  • What specific parts of your draft do you think are working best?
  • Which specific ideas in your draft do you find the most compelling or exciting?

 Assigned Length

Due Date

After you’ve filled out the required information above, you may choose from the following options:

a) cut and paste a text-only version of your paper into the space below, or

b) tell us in the box below that you will be sending your draft separately, fill out the rest of the form, then click "Submit." Once you have submitted this form, send a separate email message to writing@wisc.edu into which you cut and paste your draft or send it as an attachment. Even if you send your paper separately, you must still complete and submit this form. We will not read drafts without the information we need to properly comment upon them.

 Paste your draft here:
(Note: This field will hold up to 5 double-spaced pages.)


When you’ve completed this form, then

 
   

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Email Instruction Timetable

 

Questions and requests for instruction accumulate on our server until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at which time we forward to an instructor all the requests we’ve received that day and the night before. If you miss the 5:00 p.m. deadline, your draft or question will be sent to an instructor on the next business day. If you submit at close to 5:00 p.m., this delay may occur, as emails sometimes take awhile to get to their destination.

If We Receive Your Submission Between . . .

It Will Be Sent to an Instructor at . . .

The Instructor Will Respond by . . .
Friday, 5:01 p.m., and Monday, 5:00 p.m. Monday, 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, 5:00 p.m.
Monday, 5:01 p.m., and Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. Thursday, 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 5:01 p.m., and Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. Friday, 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 5:01 p.m., and Thursday, 5:00 p.m. Thursday, 5:00 p.m. Monday, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, 5:01 p.m., and Friday, 5:00 p.m. Friday, 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, 5:00 p.m.

All times in the table above are local (U.S. central time).

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