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How to start your best college essay? Mind your Mind

By Sara Nolan | September 6, 2014 | 0
Filed Under: Integrity, State of Mind, Uncategorized, Wisdom

Your essay is mental Your college essay starts in your mind and with your mind. It seems like your college essay begins on the blank page, I know.  But all words have a murky pre-history in the mind.  So it’s important to know what our minds are really like, what conditions in there are shaping, selecting, and producing those Continue Reading …

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There’s more Inside! Your gutsy college essay…

By Sara Nolan | June 4, 2014 | 0
Filed Under: Integrity, Practice, Wisdom, Writing Tips

Gut Feelings What’s more New York than a Deli with a botanical name pushing questionable health foods? Well, courtesy of my local deli comes a lesson in writing an authentic and gutsy college essay. In the GARDEN DELI window, a sign reads, “Fresh food all day.” The rub? The poster advertises the least fresh-looking food Continue Reading …

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A Writer’s Inheritance: Fake it, then make it

By Sara Nolan | April 18, 2014 | 0
Filed Under: Destiny, Integrity, Writing Tips

 Free-write Faker I follow my own rules for creativity when I’m with my students. When we free write, the law of the land is don’t stop writing no matter what. Because I am used to this physical commitment, rarely does nothing come out. So when my mind careened into a non-verbal ditch at an inopportune Continue Reading …

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College Essay Boot Camp: Don’t Give Your Mind a Cramp!

By Sara Nolan | February 20, 2014 | 0
Filed Under: Integrity, Practice, State of Mind

College Essay Boot Camp is all the rage right now: go ahead, Google it. “Boot camp” prevalence implies that your admissions essay, like world domination, is not going to happen if you don’t get all militaristic about it. But get this: Essay Intensive brings you a nouveau college essay boot camp model: with us, you figure out Continue Reading …

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Meet Tim, Our Creative Web Designer

By Sara Nolan | January 20, 2014 | 0
Filed Under: Integrity, Questions, Teachers, Uncategorized

Meet Timothy, our web designer and collaborator, student and (yes) teacher. Meet Timothy: our savvy website designer, Creative Lead at Iron Bound Designs, and participant in Essay Intensive Summer 2013 Workshop.  Freshly accepted into RIT, his first choice school, Timothy can also be found levitating (with his laptop).  Today, Tim is our featured student (on Continue Reading …

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November Essay-Writing Blues? Take a Shower!

By Sara Nolan | November 23, 2013 | 0
Filed Under: State of Mind, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Writing Tips

Blue over You You don’t like your current college essay—at all.  It revolts you: the written word should never have been invented.  It’s late November: you’re freaking out.  Your essay tastes like stale white bread instead of the perfection you could have said. Stop. Take a shower.

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