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ChatGPT and Essay Coaching Differences

Here are eight ways that Essay Coaching differs from ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered programs. In AI, users enter prompts to receive text. 1 We teach techniques to smash… read more →

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How to Shorten Your College Application Essay

Looking for college essay feedback and advice? First, read the instructions for your college application essay prompts carefully. If no word limit is specified, try to keep your essay within… read more →

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Six Steps to Start Writing Your College Application Essay Today

Update: Feb 27, 2022.  Originally published Jul 25, 2014. High school juniors, thinking about how to write your college application essay? To get a jump-start on writing your essay, click… read more →

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Last Minute College Application Essay Tips

Writing a last minute college application essay? There are still colleges accepting applications. High School Senior:  “When should I start writing my college application essay?” Debbie Merion, College Essay Coach: … read more →

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A Happy Graduation Card, a Haiku*, and Neil Gaiman’s Commencement Speech

To all 2021 high school graduates: College is the start. Before you know it, you’ll be Twenty-one years old.   2025 Correct year that you can vote? So much power… read more →

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Three Ways To Use Natalie Goldberg’s Teaching in Essay Writing

I, Debbie Merion, wrote this post on a slim twin bed in an adobe building at the Upaya Zen Center, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A full moon was peaking… read more →

When to Ignore Your Application Essay Word Count

Most application essays have a maximum word count.  It’s easy to fixate on this word limit, as though the essay is a 1-mile race, and once you’ve gotten to the… read more →

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10 Books to Help You with Your Writing

Writers write for all sorts of reasons. Some people journal or write for their own enjoyment, some write with the goal of publishing professionally, and some people are in between.… read more →

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My Secret Life As a Mother

For ten years, I’ve wanted to share a sweet secret I held as a young mom when my daughters were growing up in the 80s, 90s and 00s.   On… read more →

2017 Ann Arbor Summer Writing Camps

For those of you who love to write (or who have children who love to write), check out these summer opportunities!  Keeping up your writing abilities over your summer vacation… read more →

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