Burlingame, CA Writing Tutors

Prose, Some Poetry, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Essay preparation, Structure, Editing

I can help you improve your writing skills, whether you are a student or a professional. I work with college and university students, graduate students, professional students (such as law and MBA students), and working professionals.

I have written professionally for many years. I have published magazine articles in national magazines like National Gardening and Mother Jones, as wells in Bay Area newspapers. I have co-authored 5 academic papers in peer-reviewed journals. In Europe, I taught English writing skills in international corporations like the Deutsche Bank. More importantly, I love teaching writing, breaking down the steps to clear and effective communication and developing a writer's voice.

I have worked with ages 4-11 in writing.

I'm an Emmy Award-winning writer with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism, having taught all levels with more than 30 years experience.

I have been teaching and tutoring ESL for many years now, both in the USA and even abroad. I scored a 5 on both my AP Language and AP Literature exams. I have experience also teaching the SAT Writing section and essay. I also have experience with writing personal statements and résumés.

In addition to teaching hand writing, I enjoy teaching creative writing to children using the basic technique: BEGINNING, MIDDLE, ENDING rule. Beginning within this framework gives children confidence and ease when facing that blank sheet of paper. Then we gradually move on to enhance the writing with more supportive details. Discussion and brainstorming before writing organizes the child's thought process and further assists writing a legible composition.

Growing up with a writing professor as a parent has helped instill in me valuable skills to have for writing. Because of her, along with the great English teachers I have I am able to write an in class essay in 45 minutes in a breeze and write a take home essay without a struggle. Now, let me help you. Let me teach you the tricks that my mother and teachers taught me so that writing is no longer a challenge for you!

I have much teaching and tutoring experience with elementary, middle school, high school and college students. Writing has been the focus of most of the tutoring, and as a college instructor of communication classes I have corrected and graded many student papers. Plus I have taught various writing classes to employees at UC Davis so know a fair amount about what good writing looks like and how to get there.