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Tutors_911 Tutoring Services - Online or in Your Home Specializing in helping students find and develop their own creative voices.

Writing disciplines covered: Personal Essay (Memoir), College Application Essay, SAT Test Essay, Fiction, Screenwriting & Playwriting.

“Will's expert guidance in leading my students to discover the writer that lurks within is a true and rarefied gift. Every year I treasure the opportunity to see what he leads my students to discover about themselves and their writing. His patience is remarkable

and my students have produced wonderful works as a result of his efforts in guiding them.” – Caitlin Dunne, Foreign Language Academy of Global Studies (Bronx, NY)

"Will is an amazing teacher and writer. Our students have uniformly admired and appreciated him. I have closely observed (and copied!) his teaching craft, and have watched him inspire and guide many young writers in the art of creative writing and expression. He is insightful, practical, and compassionate, and an asset to the writing and teaching profession. " - Pat Capon, Westhampton Beach High School, English Department Coordinator

Inside look at why some students aren't accepted at college. Key problem: the admission essay.
04/06/2011

Inside look at why some students aren't accepted at college. Key problem: the admission essay.

In the toughest college admission season on record, acceptance rates plummeted at many schools, including the Ivy League. Kristina Dell explores some of the arbitrary and whimsical reasons that applicants were rejected.

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04/03/2011

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03/08/2011

The late Frank McCourt used to teach English & creative writing in New York public schools. He sometimes asked students what they had for breakfast. A surprising number of them couldn't remember. These are the details of your lives, he would tell them. You must remember them. Wise words. If you don't remember your own life, how will you be able to create a life for the characters in your writing?

03/01/2011

And remember: Whenever you write - don't forget your sense of humor.

Tongue-in-cheek is a phrase used as a figure of speech to imply that a statement or other production is ironically intended and it should not be taken at face value. The facial expression typically indicates that one is joking or making a mental effort.[1] In the past, it may also have indicated con

03/01/2011

WRITING 101 - A dozen steps to better writing:
Rule 12: And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.

03/01/2011

WRITING 101 - A dozen steps to better writing:
Rule 11: If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.

03/01/2011

WRITING 101 - A dozen steps to better writing:
Rule 10: If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.

03/01/2011

WRITING 101 - A dozen steps to better writing:
Rule 9: Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

03/01/2011

WRITING 101 - A dozen steps to better writing:
Rule 8: Who needs rhetorical questions?

03/01/2011

WRITING 101 - A dozen steps to better writing:
Rule 7: One word sentences? Eliminate.

03/01/2011

WRITING 101 - A dozen steps to better writing:
Rule 6: Be more or less specific.

03/01/2011

WRITING 101 - A dozen steps to better writing:
Rule 5: Comparisons are as bad as cliches.

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