College Essay Bootcamp Part 1 - Getting Started

Getting Started: Picking a Topic and Understanding Genre and Audience Tues, July 29, 6-8pm Price: $150  Limited Spots Available  Getting started is often the hardest part! This two-hour interactive workshop is filled with activities and strategies to help you clarify what colleges are really looking for in personal essays, select a specific compelling topic and opening hook for your essay, and leave with a roadmap to completing your full draft. Please bring a notebook or personal device and get ready to brainstorm and write! Laurie Edwards is a Teaching Professor in the Writing Program at Northeastern. She has published two award-winning health/science books and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, NPR, and many other outlets. She has facilitated writing workshops and courses for adults, undergraduate students, and teens, has served as a college and graduate school essay consultant for many years, and as an alumni interviewer for Georgetown University, she has