Your Life Story in Under 1000 Words

From a presentation I recently gave on how to write college essays.

Earlier this week, I was at Centro Hispano speaking to a dozen high school students about narrative storytelling, which is just a fancy way of saying, “picking the story you tell about yourself.” They’ll be applying for college soon. It will be one of the many times they’re asked to write personal statements or cover letters about who they are, what the…