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College essays 102: The Write Like a Pro process
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Before anything, build a strong foundation
The three phases
Connor’s milestones
Pro tips from students like you
VIA character strength survey
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About your strengths
Read some more sample essays
Get ready to move on
Review what you’ve written
Ready to be a Thinker
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Find a bunch of story starters
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Play with the story starter prompts
Write a TON of raw content
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Write a bunch of crap
Learn from what you just wrote
Narrate an event from your life
Check out these creativity jump starters
Be a baby chick machine
Get ready to move on
Self-review your work
Work it
You’re ready to be a Storyteller
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Discover what you've got
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Read your raw content over and over
Make CRAZY and RANDOM experiments
Find patterns and connections
Create your personal intention
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Choose what you want your reader to know about you
Create options for your essay
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Read deeper into some great essays
Play with your baby chicks
Choose what to include in your essay
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Make a supplemental essay strategy board
Get the big picture of where you are
Choose
Take out what you don't need
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Vonnegut your draft
Create your essay structure
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Learn the three types of essays
Play with your food
Choose your favorite structure and add placeholders
Wrap up storytelling and celebrate
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Immerse yourself in polished writing
Create your intentions for tone and reader experience
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Choose the tone and reader experience
Choose where the tone and reader experience shift
Bring your essay — and you — to life
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Use these fancy writer’s tricks
Pick up simple new writing tricks
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Learn the 5 easiest writing tricks
Learn 5 more easy writing tricks
Make each word count
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Learn to shrink your sentence like magic
Hunt down hidden, horrible sentences
Now, use your toolkit
Make it flow start to finish
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Mix things up
Grab your reader’s attention
Make smoooooth transitions
End like a pro
Now, work that language
Final polish before you submit
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Handle the nitpicky stuff
Do a close walk-through
Fix what needs fixin’
Get your essay proofread
Check how it looks in the application
Celebrate finishing your essay
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