Award-Winning Writing Tutors
serving Lincoln, NE

Strong writing starts with having something specific to say — Rachel's first move is always getting a student to articulate their argument before touching a single paragraph. Her daily work as a college writing tutor means she's coached students through everything from five-paragraph essays to research papers, building confidence in drafting, organizing evidence, and revising with purpose.

I'm a Music Industry major at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles with minors in Songwriting and Theatre. I am a National Merit Scholar, which is based on my standardized test scores, involvement in extracurriculars, and volunteer work. I have experience tutoring in a variety of subjects as part of National Honor Society. Since I recently scored highly on the ACT and PSAT, I have confidence in my ability to help students make advancements in their standardized test scores. I'm also passionate about music theory and have recently excelled in an upper-level music theory class in the USC Thornton School of Music. In my spare time I love playing guitar, songwriting, acting in theatre productions, biking, and studying at coffee shops. I will ensure a learning experience that is enjoyable and productive!

Blank-page paralysis is real, and Aaron tackles it by teaching students to separate drafting from editing — getting ideas down first, then shaping them into something precise. His experience writing across disciplines, from lab reports in biochemistry to analytical essays in the humanities, means he can adapt his coaching to whatever genre a student is working in. He holds a 5.0 client rating.

As a Ph.D. student who writes extensively for academic journals and coursework, James treats writing as a craft built on revision, not inspiration. He walks through the full process — brainstorming a thesis, organizing evidence, finding a voice that fits the assignment — so students leave with a repeatable method, not just a finished paper.

I am currently studying chemical engineering at the University of Michigan. I have always helped out my fellow students with schoolwork, and I have tutored in the National Honor Society for three years. My tutoring strengths include my abilities to stay calm, be patient, and offer different perspectives on the learning process. I do not just help my students learn the material, but I also teach them how to learn it. I tutor math and test prep courses. Outside of school and tutoring, I play the piano. I have played classical piano for 13 years and jazz piano for 7.

I am my strongest and best self when helping others. As an enthusiastic, passionate, and dependable teacher, I am consistently working to share and engage with the material I love.

I am also a teaching assistant for one of the psychology professors, and I help students in introduction to psychology learn concepts and prep for exams.

I'm working towards a degree in computer science, but I've thought about switching that over to mathematics-well because I love math. Outside of school subjects; I play video games, do cross country, and like watching documentaries and superhero films.

I am an undergraduate student attending Grinnell College in Iowa to pursue a B.A. in Computer Science. I grew up in Minnesota, and now I am staying in Omaha. I like traveling, meeting new people, and learning everything that I can.

Every writing problem is really a thinking problem — a muddled thesis usually means the idea isn't clear yet. Solange walks students through the full arc from brainstorming to polished draft, teaching them to outline arguments, vary sentence structure, and revise with purpose. Her sociology training at Harvard made her especially sharp at building evidence-based written arguments.

Engineering coursework at Duke demands relentless clarity in writing — every claim backed up, every paragraph earning its place. Eric applies that same discipline when teaching essay structure, thesis development, and revision strategy, whether the assignment is a personal narrative or a research paper.

Most writing instruction tells students what good writing looks like without explaining how to actually produce it. Elena breaks the process into concrete, repeatable steps — building an argument from a single claim, structuring paragraphs around evidence, and revising for voice and clarity. Named Scotland's International Young Thinker of the Year for her ability to communicate complex ideas accessibly, she brings that same skill to teaching students how to get their thinking onto the page.

Kyle has been a storyteller since before he could write, and studying English at Yale turned that instinct into craft. He walks students through the full arc of a writing project — from generating ideas and building an outline to revising for voice, transitions, and argument — whether the assignment is a five-paragraph essay or a research paper.

Trained in comparative literature at Columbia, Jacob treats writing as a craft with movable parts — thesis construction, evidence integration, paragraph architecture, and revision strategy each get dedicated attention. He's particularly sharp at teaching students how to move from a rough idea to a polished argument without losing their own voice in the process.

Tom's PhD work produced hundreds of pages of academic writing, from seminar papers to a full dissertation, so he knows firsthand how to move from a messy first draft to a polished argument. He teaches students to outline before they write, build paragraphs around single claims, and revise with an eye toward clarity rather than word count. His 4.9 rating speaks to how well that process clicks with students.

Joyce Carol Oates selected Sash as one of two advisees at Princeton, where he wrote his first novel under her mentorship — an experience that drilled home how revision, not inspiration, is what turns rough drafts into finished work. His ongoing career as a playwright and theater director keeps him immersed in the craft of shaping language for specific audiences and purposes. He teaches students to treat each draft as raw material, breaking it down structurally before refining voice, argument, and clarity.

From argumentative essays to creative nonfiction, Patrick teaches writing as a process of thinking on the page — outlining claims, drafting with momentum, and revising with precision. He's taught writing to fifth graders in Chicago, business professionals in South Korea, and incoming university students, which means he can calibrate his approach to virtually any skill level. His UChicago training in both literature and linguistics gives him equal command of big-picture rhetoric and sentence-level craft.

As a published author, MaryAnn knows that strong writing starts with a clear argument and a willingness to revise — not with a perfect first draft. She teaches the mechanics of thesis development, paragraph transitions, and evidence integration, whether the assignment is a five-paragraph essay or a research paper.

Christopher treats writing as engineering on the page: every paragraph needs a clear purpose, every transition should carry the reader forward, and the whole piece has to hold together under scrutiny. Whether a student is working on a personal narrative or a research paper, he digs into thesis development, organization, and voice to make the writing sharper from the inside out.

Strong writing is really clear thinking on paper — and Jeff's philosophy training at Princeton was essentially a four-year boot camp in constructing airtight arguments. He teaches students to build paragraphs around single claims, use evidence precisely, and cut the filler that weakens persuasive and analytical writing. His publishing industry experience adds a practical edge: he knows what polished, readable prose actually looks like outside the classroom.

Every piece of writing Alyssa assigns herself the same question: what is this piece actually trying to do, and does every paragraph serve that purpose? She teaches students to outline with intention, draft without self-censoring, and revise ruthlessly — skills she honed designing her own course on feminist theory and writing policy analyses at Harvard. Rated 5.0 by students.