- Aronie is a world-renowned writing instructor, bestselling author, frequent contributor to NPR, and founder of the Chilmark Writing Workshop on Martha's Vineyard - With the rise of admissions scrutiny and test-optional college applications, standout personal essays have increasing importance for college-bound high school students, as well as grant applicants and scholarship candidates - Even as technology advances, creating a memorable personal essay based on personal experiences is one of the few writing tasks that will remain resistant to AI disruption - Using Aronie's seven practical secrets for the personal essay, the book combines wisdom, direction, prompts, and powerful examples from other writers, both acclaimed and unknown, to inspire readers to tell their own personal stories in short-form writing

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