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Over
the years, our editors have seen some amazing stories become dreadfully boring
and some ridiculously dry topics transform into an exciting read. The culprit
(or hero): writing style. Witness the advice of some admissions officers:
Use a conversational style
and easy-to-understand language to project a genuine, relaxed image. Make sure that your essay
is readable. Don’t make us work. Give your essay momentum-make sure that
the parts work together and move to a point, carrying the reader along. Don’t bore us. More
often it is the monotonous style, and not the subject matter, that makes
these essays dull. A large majority of the
corrections made by our editors fall into one of five categories: sentence
variety, word
choice, verb
tense, transitions and essay
clichés.
If you weren’t paying attention in English class, here’s a refresher…
Copyright 1998 by Dan Kaufman. Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
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Introduction