This is a 115-page step-by-step guide with 42 chapters, written exercises, and before-and-after examples throughout.
Most essay advice tells you to “be specific” and “be yourself,” then leaves you staring at a blank page. This guide shows you how. It’s the same method I use when I edit a student’s essay: the tests I run, the questions I ask, the problems I flag, and how to fix each one.
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One complete, in-depth round of feedback on your draft. I find what’s unique about you, I’ll provided guided questions, ideas, and ways to make your writing stronger line by line. You will have a clear, actionable plan to revise on your own and create a stellar essay.
The Checkup tells you what’s holding your essay back. The Diagnosis shows you exactly where it happens and how to fix it.
Line-by-line comments in your Google Doc that explain why something isn’t working, not just what to change
Every comment ranked so you know what to fix first
Your full Uniqueness Read: where you show up, where you disappear, the thread I see in you, what your essay is really about, and the biggest fix
Reflection questions written for your story, to uncover the details and thoughts that belong in your essay
Notes on your opening and ending, with specific directions to try
Patterns in your writing to watch for, which helps with your supplementals too
A step-by-step revision plan, so you know exactly where to start
Spelling and grammar corrected
Please refer to the main page for the full package description. After you book, I’ll email you within 24 hours with instructions for sharing your document. Each round comes back within 7 days of receiving your draft, often sooner.
The Essay Diagnosis plus two more in-depth reviews of your revisions. I find what’s unique in your essay, provide line by line feedback, and stay with you until it’s ready to submit.
Please refer to the main page for the full package description. After you book, I’ll email you within 24 hours with instructions for sharing your document. Each round comes back within 7 days of receiving your draft, often sooner.
One read of your essay and a written response (1/2 - 1 page), sent by email or in your Google Doc. Includes:
What’s working: the strongest line or moment, and why it works
The biggest thing holding it back: the one issue that matters most right now, such as a résumé essay, a lesson that’s told instead of shown, or an ending that sounds like a poster
Where to start: the first change I’d make before anything else
The uniqueness check: whether it sounds like something only you could have written yet and where you disappear
A few guided questions to think about before you revise
The Checkup tells you exactly what’s holding your essay back. The Diagnosis shows you exactly where it happens in your essay, sentence by sentence, and gives you a step-by-step plan to fix it.
Turnaround within 1 week
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