Writing workshops available upon request for topics such as
- writing a query letter that gets you out of the slush pile
- developing characters to remember
- writing your resistance
- and revision strategies
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Questions to Ask a College Essay Tutor
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 services? I give families a ballpark number …Read more
It Takes A Village to Tell a Story
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, time-honored image …Read more
Should You Write Your College Essay About the Pandemic?
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 this optional question? Probably. I’m not being coy; there’s no …Read more
On Querying Agents: I’ll Tell You What’s Frustrating
This is dedicated to all my writer pals currently in the querying trenches. I may feel a long ways away from a long querying journey, but I still remember the struggles, and I won’t ever forget what it’s like dead center of that marathon run to find an agent. (I’ve found three, all via the …Read more
Revision Is Like a Cat
I don’t want you to stress about revision. I don’t want you to because I already do, and it’s way too much for anyone’s good. You can come up with all the formulas and processes and formalities you like (and trust me, I’ve got a pile of Lyn’s Rules for Revision, and checklists, and rubrics), …Read more