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.

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.

Henry's senior thesis at Harvard on John Dewey's philosophy of education required building a sustained, evidence-based argument across dozens of pages — a process that sharpened his instinct for what makes writing persuasive versus merely correct. He teaches students to outline with a clear claim in mind, develop paragraphs around specific evidence, and revise with an ear for voice and rhythm.

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.

Strong writing is really rewriting — and Meghan learned that through two journalism degrees at Northwestern and daily practice at a New York magazine. She teaches students to draft with a clear argument, revise for structure and evidence, and edit for voice, moving a piece from rough idea to polished final draft without losing what made it theirs.

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.

Between her Johns Hopkins master's work and her aspirations as a freelance writer, Rachel has logged thousands of hours producing research papers, personal narratives, and professional communications. She breaks the writing process into concrete, repeatable steps — brainstorming, outlining, drafting, revising — so students build habits that transfer to any assignment they encounter.

Clear writing starts with understanding how sentences actually work — how clauses connect, where emphasis falls, and why one word choice lands better than another. Paula's Communication Studies background gives her a structural eye for revision, and she teaches students to diagnose their own drafts for issues like vague thesis statements, weak transitions, and passive constructions. Rated 4.8 by students.

Years as a writing consultant taught Renee that the hardest part of writing isn't grammar — it's figuring out what you're actually trying to argue. She walks students through the full arc from messy brainstorm to polished draft, with particular attention to building paragraphs that each do real work toward a central claim.

As one of only ten writing majors at MIT, Marisa has spent four years immersed in the craft — workshopping drafts, studying structure, and learning how to adapt tone for wildly different audiences. She breaks the writing process into concrete, repeatable steps: generating ideas, building an outline that actually holds weight, drafting with purpose, and revising with precision. Students walk away not just with a better paper, but with a method they can use independently.

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.

Strong writing starts with a clear claim and evidence that actually supports it — skills Richard hones daily as a Government concentrator at Harvard. He breaks down the writing process into manageable steps, from outlining an argument to refining sentence-level style, so students learn to produce polished drafts independently rather than relying on vague inspiration.