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Questions to Ask a College Essay Tutor

Lyn Hawks · June 25, 2020 · Leave a Comment

If you're searching for a college essay tutor, it helps to have a few questions in your back pocket. I have these answers ready to share even when I'm not asked, because I want potential clients to know my methods and approach. What can be accomplished with your … [Read more...] about Questions to Ask a College Essay Tutor

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It Takes A Village to Tell a Story

Lyn Hawks · June 17, 2020 · Leave a Comment

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Anyone who knows me well knows they might one day be asked to help me build a story. I test drive the plots of my novels in the same way I help my Success Story students test drive ideas. That's because no good writer ever goes it alone. Of course there's that tragic, … [Read more...] about It Takes A Village to Tell a Story

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Should You Write Your College Essay About the Pandemic?

Lyn Hawks · May 31, 2020 · Leave a Comment

If you didn’t know, Common App has announced that it will be keeping the personal statement essay prompts the same as last year’s, while adding a new, short-answer question. This one allows college applicants to describe their experience with the pandemic. So should you answer … [Read more...] about Should You Write Your College Essay About the Pandemic?

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It’s so wild to read this developing news when I It’s so wild to read this developing news when I knew in my gut back in 2012 and 2013 that something toxic this way comes… In other words, the relatively new obsession back then with phones was not only toxic to teen mental health, but also dramatically altered my conversations and daily interactions. I remember being made fun of because I didn’t have an iPhone in 2016. In my most recent young adult novel, Minerva struggles to keep up with social media, and feels horribly inadequate looking at the way some peers use it. She feels horrified at the bullying, but she can’t look away. She feels conflicted because someone who wants to be a journalist needs to pay attention to social media, right? Something’s gotta change, but how? IRL this author has begun leaving the phone in other rooms so that it can be forgotten. I am trying to invoke some kind of mantra that says, “It’s OK to not be connected all the time. It’s OK to not be on emergency alert just because an emergency *could* happen or news might be breaking. It’s OK to not be hip, or in the know, or constantly available, or the recently evolved/expected version of a ‘good’ person who should respond in a nanosecond to all possible crises.” And I wonder why I’m more anxious than I was before I had a “smart phone”? I’ve turned off notifications. I look at social media less. I am happier.💜💖💜
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I love a good journalism movie. I love it especial I love a good journalism movie. I love it especially when female journalists are the focus. Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey ought to be household names. I also thought that these three words from this Slate review–“persistence, persuasion, and pleading”– really do sum up the job of a journalist, trying to get the story, build trust, and out the truth. Now I need to read the book!
#Journalist #TruthWillOut #movie #MovieRecommendation #FemaleJournalist #Journalism
2013. @ nervesofsteel is set in that time, when ce 2013. @ nervesofsteel is set in that time, when cell phones went from maybes to mandatory in teen life. Ezra Klein’s most recent podcast delves into the research about the effects on teen girls’ mental health from social media and constant online engagement. My book tells a story that begins on Instagram and ends on Twitter. 
#bullying #metoo
#mentalhealthawareness #yalit #historicalfiction #2013 #books #book #youngadult #mentalhealth #truthwillout

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