"How to Write" - NYT article

College Essays
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<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/books/review/colson-whiteheads-rules-for-writing.html?pagewanted=all[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/books/review/colson-whiteheads-rules-for-writing.html?pagewanted=all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Here’s the abbreviated version:</p>

<ol>
<li>Show and tell</li>
<li>Don’t go searching for a subject, let your subject find you.</li>
<li>Write what you know.</li>
<li>Never use three words when one will do.</li>
<li>Keep a dream diary.</li>
<li>What isn’t said is as important as what is said.</li>
<li>Writer’s block is a tool - use it.</li>
<li>Is secret.</li>
<li>Have adventures.</li>
<li>Revise, revise, revise.</li>
</ol>

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<p>Hi Chaseholl,</p>

<p>I was wondering if maybe you could give me some feedback on my harvard supplement essay. I would greatly appreciate it.</p>