Strengths and weaknesses as a tutor

The process of tutoring is a process not easy to define, and leaving itself, in most instances, inevitably undefinable. There is no "one way" to tutor; no right, no wrong, but just A way, as we all (tutors) must come upon our own voices in the manner that best suites us. Personally, I am a people person. I can relate to people, and feel that people can relate to me. I find that most students tend to "open up" throughout the tutoring sessions. Be it that I am easy to talk to or identify with, I am not quite sure. However, this ability, one that I do not consciously try to impose, but do so naturally, allows me to delve deeper into the student as a writer, and pry more into their process of writing than the mere surface mistakes. When a student feels comfortable with a tutor, their mind is free. I find it easy to distinguish between "good writing" and "bad writing" within a student's essay. Quite quickly, I can identify mistakes with organization, apparent grammar, sentence structure, information gaps, and the like. Because of this, I can spend more time developing a student's paper and their own drive to improve than searching for mistakes I feel obligated find as the "tutor." On a more lamentable note, I do second guess myself with grammar, and am anxious sometimes as to whether or not I am correcting a mistake or mistaking a correct. I am confident that I know grammar in my own writing, but fear that I will "mess up" when it comes to the student. This lack of confidence is building though as I see more students and settle into my tutoring method.