Practical Writing Steps & Exercises for Students featuring The College Essay Guy!
May 04, 2021•52 min
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Episode description
Ashley Smith, Director of Marketing for Scoir, is joined by Ethan Sawyer, The College Essay Guy! Ethan is a nationally recognized college essay expert, and the author of Amazon Best Sellers: College Essay Essentials, and College Admission Essentials. He offers his expertise through his blog, online courses, workshops, books, and one-on-one work. Our conversation covers all-things college essays, but here are the highlights:
- Where and how to write about the impact that the pandemic had on you personally
- What are some things you love or know a lot about? (An exercise)
- Not getting locked into your challenged-based stories
- The Feelings and Needs Exercise
- What are the “islands of your personality”?
- 7 montage paths and identifying the different sides of yourself
- Identifying values and finding examples of those values
- Having these things reflected back to you so that you can identify patterns and write a beautiful college essay
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