first session as wc client

today i had my first session as a client at the writing center. i worked with natalie b. on a long poem that i have been working on for my advanced poetry class, eng 429.

when i brought it in, the poem was fairly successful, but i felt that it needed some unification of imagery and symbolism, and some minor editing/word changes.

natalie really helped me out. we read the poem, talked about how the different elements were working, and tried to iron things out. we used different highlighters to isolate the different symbols so that i could see how they were interacting, and then we talked about how i could tie them together more, and the different connotations they give off.

i was very satisfied at the end of the session that i had a good direction to go in when i take the poem home to work on it. i've also been very impressed at natalie's skills as a consultant, and i look forward to keep working with her.