Write your way in. Crafting an unforgettable college admissions essay.

Autor/in	Toor, Rachel
Titel	Write your way in. Crafting an unforgettable college admissions essay.
Quelle	Chicago: The University of Chicago Press (2017), 169 S.Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	9780226383750; 9780226383897; 9780226383927 (E-Book)
Schlagwörter	USA; College applications; United States; Universities and colleges; Admission; Creative writing; Essay; Authorship; Bildungstheorie; Bildungspraxis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College applicants; Studienbewerber; USA; University; Universities; College; Colleges; Universität; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Admission criteria; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Kreatives Schreiben; Essays; Aufsatzunterricht; Author; Authors; Autorschaft; Autor; Autorin
Abstract	Introduction: the quest for the special secret sauce -- What you need to know before you start writing. Steal, steal, steal: learning to read like a writer ; Craft your "I": thinking of yourself as a character ; Sex, drugs, and Palestinian statehood: finding a topic ; AMANDA + JIM ; Aboutness: an essay is often about something other than what it's about ; ADAM FINDS HIS PIRATES ; The hole in the donut: writing about the hardest thing ; Tell us about your world in two hundred words: The short answers ; EMMA'S SHORTIES -- Getting it down on the page and then cleaning it up. Shitty first drafts: the importance of allowing yourself to write badly ; Seeing again: revision means re-vision ; Don't try to hook the reader like a trout: the opening lines ; PEYTON'S ANKLE ; Danger! Some moves not to make ; Semicolons are like loaded guns: mechanics matter ; My little bag of writing tricks: some tips -- Conclusion: getting it done.
Erfasst von	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/12