Perfect Phrases for College Application Essays (Perfect Phrases Series) [Paperback]

Sheila Bender (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 21, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0071546030 | ISBN-13: 978-0071546034 | Edition: 1

Perfect Phrases to make an application essay stand out from the crowd

Perfect Phrases for College Application Essays has the tools to communicate exactly what you want to say, with the style and panache that display your individual intelligence and creativity to the application board. This vital resource gives you all the phrases you need to get things done, exactly the way you want it done, right at your fingertips!

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About the Author

Sheila Bender has provided teacher training in WA, AZ, and CA. In 2002, she developed and launched www.writingitreal.com as a vehicle to help others foster their best writing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071546030
• ISBN-13: 978-0071546034
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,276,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Education > Test Guides - College & University > College Entrance

More About the Author

After publishing many books on writing for a variety of publishers, I decided to launch Writing It Real, an online magazine for those who write from personal experience.

I have been publishing the magazine weekly since October, 2001, as well as facilitating others' writing in online classes, phone and email consults, and manuscript evaluations through WritingItReal.com. I also offer help through alliances with IAJW.org and Writers.com and through in-person seminars across the US. Most recently, I've enjoyed teaching for the Whidbey Island Writers' Conference, the Field's End Writer's Conference, the Write on the Sound Conference, Centrum Foundation's Writer's Conference, and the annual Writing It Real conference I do with Meg Files and Jack Heffron. I offer in-person classes regularly at Hugo House in Seattle and The Writers' Workhoppe in Port Townsend, WA as well as at libraries in the area.

In addition to the instructional books I write, I have a memoir out, A New Theology: Turning to Poetry in a Time of Grief. It took seven years to write about the five months following the death of my son in a snow boarding accident. I can think of no better way to heal while grieving than by reading poems and personal essays and stories by others who have suffered similar losses. When we have lost someone dear to us, we must live our lives double, for them and for us, to honor them. Writing toward discovery, as we do in writing poems and memoir, helps us live in this way and brings us energy.

I received my Master's Degree from the University of Washington where I studied with David Wagoner, William Matthews, Stephen Dunn, Stanley Plumly, Colleen McElroy and many other fine poets. I went on to also master the art of prose, and I enjoy each instructional book and article I write as I am constantly learning and sharing that learning with others is a passion. I hope you'll visit my website at www.writingitreal.com as well as my facebook fan pages on which I publish inspirational and informative writing messages as well as publication information: www.facebook.com/writingitreal and www.facebook/anewtheology.

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0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars College Entry Essays, June 9, 2008

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This review is from: Perfect Phrases for College Application Essays (Perfect Phrases Series) (Paperback)

Not yet studied, but this book looks like it will be a great source for our high schoolers who are submitting applications to college.