College Essay Essentials : A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Successful College Admissions Essay.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Why This Book -- Questions You Might Have and Where You Can Find the Answers -- Why I'm the Perfect Person to Guide You Through the Essay-Writing Process -- How This Book Works -- Chapter One: Brainstorming -- Essence Objects Exercise -- What's Your Story? -- Core Values Exercise -- How the Essence Objects and Core Values Exercises Can Help You Write Your Essay (and Your Life) -- Chapter Two: Structure -- Narrative vs. Montage Structure -- Narrative vs. Montage Structure Takeaways -- Chapter Three: The Four Types of College Essays -- Type A: "With Debate" -- Type B: "Endodontics" -- Type C: "Raising Anthony" -- Type D: "Scrapbook" -- What Makes These Essays Great: A Brief Structural Analysis -- Chapter Four: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Each of the Four College Essay Types -- How to Write Essay Type A -- How to Write Essay Type B -- How to Write Essay Type C -- How to Write Essay Type D -- Chapter Five: How to Revise Your Essay in Five Steps -- Revising the First Draft -- Revising Drafts 2-50 -- Chapter Six: How to Bring Your Essay to Life -- How Do I Grab the Reader's Attention? -- How Do I Show the Reader I'm Really Smart? -- How Do I Brag without Seeming Like I'm Bragging? -- How Do I Make My Essay, Like, Deep? -- Feelings and Needs Exercise -- How Do I End My Essay? -- What Do I Do if I Feel Like I'm Falling Behind? -- Chapter Seven: Advanced Techniques -- Advanced Technique 1: Setup and Payoff -- Advanced Technique 2: Verisimilitude -- Advanced Technique 3: Turn Something Dark into Something Beautiful -- Advanced Technique 4: Blow the Reader's Mind by Using The Sixth Sense Ending (a.k.a. Create an Ending That's Surprising, but Inevitable) -- Advanced Technique 5: Make It New -- What Makes an Essay Amazing -- Chapter Eight: How to Make Sure Your Essay Is Doing Its Job.

The Great College Essay Test -- How to Bring More Values, Vulnerability, and Insight into Your Essay -- When to Scrap What You Have and Start Over -- How to Write Your Essay in Just One Night -- How and When to Ask for Feedback -- Chapter Nine: A Few of My Favorite Essays -- Analysis of a Few of My Favorite Essays -- Chapter Ten: Finally -- Additional Resources -- 1,000+ Ways to Get Inspired Right Now -- How to Work with a Partner -- Accountability Agreement -- 21 Details Exercise -- Everything I Want Colleges to Know about Me List -- Time Line of My Life Exercise -- List of Real Student Essays Included in This Book -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

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