Escape Essay Hell!: A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Narrative College Application Essays
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Escape Essay Hell!: A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Narrative College Application Essays
Escape Essay Hell! is the definitive, fast-and-easy guide among college-bound students on writing narrative-style essays for college application essays.
For years, college admissions essay experts advised students to "Tell a story" or "Make the essay about you!" or "Stand out!"
That's great advice, however, no one ever explained and taught exactly HOW they could do this.
Escape Essay Hell! changed all that.
In her best-selling guide, renowned writing coach Janine Robinson takes students through 10 simple steps to brainstorm engaging topics, and then craft compelling "slice-of-life" essays using storytelling writing techniques.
And they work--with literally thousands of students landing in their dream schools!
Essays that are engaging, memorable and connect with the admissions officers are the best way students can stand out in the fiercely competitive admissions process.
In her short, easy-to-read guide, Janine helps students discover and share their real-life stories to showcase what sets them apart from the pack.
Drawing from her experience as an English teacher and professional writer who pens the wildly popular Essay Hell blog (www.EssayHell.com), Robinson also acts as a personal writing coach to guide and cheer students through this dreaded process.
Students will learn how to identify their unique defining qualities, write compelling mini-stories called anecdotes, and use a powerful Show and Tell writing method.
Escape Essay Hell! can help students write personal statements and respond to prompts for The Common Application, The Coalition App, public university (e.g. University of California, University of Texas, University of Washington), private college (from ivies such as Harvard and Yale to other liberal arts schools, such as LMU, Boston College, Middlebury, Rice, Wellesley, etc.), supplemental, graduate school, transfer and scholarship essays.
By following these simple 10 steps, students will escape Essay Hell in no time at all--and have their best shot at landing in their dream school!
Janine, who has tutored thousands of students on their essays, recently published a collection of sample essays, called Heavenly Essays: 50 Narrative College Application essays, which is the perfect companion guide to Escape Essay Hell!.
Almost all the students who shared their personal statement essays in this collection followed the writing steps and techniques Janine outlined in Escape Essay Hell!.
And they all landed in outstanding colleges.
(For more help on how to spin topics for specific prompts, check out Janine's other helpful updated guide: Essay Hell's 2017-18 Prompts Primer: Strategies for The Common App, UC, UT, and Other College Application Essays.)
Find infinite tips and advice on the college application essay on her popular blog at www.EssayHell.com.
Janine Robinson also works privately and with groups of students on these essays from all over the world. Learn more about her tutoring and editing services at www.EssayHell.com, which has been visited by more than 4 million people since 2008.
To find all 5 of her popular essay writing guides on Amazon, just search her name: Janine Robinson.
