FIND YOUR VOICE & WRITE LIKE A GRAD.
WRITE ESSAYS THAT SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW - NOT JUST WHAT YOU READ
YOU'VE BEEN TOLD TO explain more, elaborate, AND be more specific.
BUT NO ONE'S EVER TAUGHT YOU HOW
UNTIL NOW.
In Find Your Voice & Write Like A Grad, I teach you my a 4-step process for turning what you read into clear, original ideas - and writing them in a way that sounds intelligent, specific and like you.
ALL OF THIS CHANGES WHEN YOU KNOW HOW TO
"explain more"
You stop summarizing what you read
You actually start saying something about it
You take vague ideas... and make them specific
You stop second-guessing if your point "makes sense"
You sit down to write - and already have something to say
Your ideas sound intelligent, thoughtful and original
IT'S NOT A YOU PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT A WRITING PROBLEM.
IT'S A READING PROBLEM.
... and that's why "explain more" feels so hard - you think it's a writing issue, but it's actually a reading problem in disguise
The comments scribbled in the margin always say the same thing: Go deeper. Explain your thinking. Elaborate.
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You try to fix the words on the page - and so you think you need to:
add more detail
include more quotes
add a few more examples
say the same thing in a different way​​​
But that's not it.
Because the words on the page aren't the problem.
They're the the result.
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And your "ideas" aren't the problem either.
It's that you've been taught how to read to understand -
but not how to read to think for yourself.
So your essays end up sounding like
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descriptions of what you read
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and half-formed thoughts
instead of clear, developed ideas and insights.
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YOUR WRITING DOESN'T COME FROM WHAT YOU READ.
IT COMES FROM WHAT YOU DO WITH IT.
Most students can explain what they read.
This shows you how to explain what you think.
Most students approach essays like this:
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understand the reading
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take notes
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explain it back
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And that's exactly why their writing feels flat.
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Because essays aren't asking you to prove that
you read a lot.
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They're asking you to do something with what you learned.
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They want to know what you took away from your reading. Things like:​
​What did you notice?
What did you think about it?
Why does it matter?
​That's what your profs want you to explain: ​​
your thinking about the text.
​Not the actual text.​​​
THE THINKING IN BETWEEN LOOKS LIKE THIS
That "in between" thinking?​​​
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It's not more reading.
It's not better wording.
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And it's not the same kind of thinking you use when you read to learn:
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what is the author's main idea?
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what evidence supports it?
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Thinking to write is different.
It's focused, directed - and sometimes uncomfortable -
because it points towards you and your observations.
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It's the part most writing advice skips when it tells you "to engage with the text."
(...which no one actually explains.)
In between thinking starts with noticing something in the text and then explaining why it matters to you - not just the author.
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It asks questions like:
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What stands out to me here?
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What pattern am I noticing?
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What do I agree with or disagree with?
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What do I find interesting, confusing, or worth looking at more closely?
Because this kind of thinking is where your essay actually comes from.
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Not from the text itself -
but from your interaction with it.
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And if no one's ever shown you how to do that - you're not the problem.
...and this kind of thinking?
It turns summaries into real essays.
You already know how to read.
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What I show you in Find Your Voice is what to do with what you read -
so you can move past summarizing and clearly explain what you think.
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And don't fall into the trap of thinking:
'I don't have anything to say.'
You do.
You just haven't been shown how to read in a way that brings your ideas to the surface.
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Because this kind of thinking isn't intuitive -
it's something you learn.
IDEAS LOADING...
That's why Find Your Voice starts by showing you how to think critically and creatively - and how to apply that thinking when you write.
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turn what you read into clear observations
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ask better questions that actually lead somewhere
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recognize patterns and ideas worth exploring
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move from "Is this even right?" to "Yeah - this is definitely good"
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explain your thinking in a way that sounds natural, not forced
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Because once you know how to do this...
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you're not guessing anymore.
you're not over-reading.
you're not outsourcing your thinking.
and you're definitely not relying on summaries to carry your essay.
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You're writing like someone who has something to say - and knows it.