I think of Essay Consultations in four categories.
*1 Self Portraits: College Admissions, Transfer Applications, Scholarship Applications
I will help you present yourself and your arguments in a personal, authoritative voice. Drawing on my experience as a ghostwriter and editor, I develop a style with each participant–so that you sound like the best version of you.
*2 Standardized: SAT, ACT, TSI, all the favorites
I have an edge in testing because I have worked as a writer and editor for the Texas Education Agency testing program (TAKS/TEKS, now STAAR). I know how how tests are made, so I know how to navigate the structures. Our main focus in producing these essays is structure. The essays are machine-graded, so we make logic and organization paramount. You don’t have to like these crude intellectometers to master the form.
[Yes, I made up the word intellectometer. Maybe it’ll catch on.]
*3 Writing to Learn: Coursework
My specialty is in the Liberal Arts (Composition, Literature, Drama, History), but I also have experience writing in the social sciences, general science, math, finance, criminal justice, law, and communications. I have written and edited for major textbook publishers in a range of subjects.
I realize a participant’s aim may be to get an “A” and move on. But I insist that even a drudge assignment is an opportunity to learn something and say something.
And then we move on and get the “A”.
*4 Literature: Personal, Analytical, Narrative
Essayists are creative writers, even when they stick to the facts. The tools of the storyteller and the poet also serve the philosopher, the scientist, the polymath. I will help you find and develop your voice.