PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNG
by Victoria Payne (Author)
What if you could write a winning application essay and become a better writer before college? Write Big-From College Application Essay to Storytelling Standout is the only book with a proven method for showing college-bound seniors how to wow admissions in their application essays by teaching them how to become better writers. How college-bound seniors tell their stories is the difference between checking a box on their application and standing out to admissions counselors. Inside Write Big is a step-by-step guide on how to write the college application essay and shine bright in a sea of applicants. Write Big also features dozens of essays from students who've used these lessons to write remarkable essays, gain admission into their top schools, and pursue their dreams in college. Learning to write big is the pathway for any student who wants to become a college standout.
Author Biography
Victoria Payne is a writer, writing coach, and the founder of Boxcar Writing Labs. For sixteen years, she taught writing at the University of Portland, receiving the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching for Part-Time Faculty in 2017. Her work has helped hundreds of students write about their lives with style and substance. Victoria traces her love of story back to her childhood in Georgia, where the melody of storytelling was all around her. As a writer, she believes stories are the common language we speak to each other. Write Big is her first book, combining her experience teaching in the university classroom, her years as a writing coach, and her profound belief that writing gives us the tools and the wisdom to discover our role as the main character in our own fascinating story. In the last decade, many college bound seniors have used her lessons, collected in Write Big, to create standout application essays, gain admission into their dream schools, and strengthen their writing skills before college. Victoria lives, writes, and works in Portland, Oregon.
