WRITE, OFTEN Sitting down regularly to write for your application essays helps you maximize your output and manage your time wisely. The most successful Options’ applicants, the ones who have time to make revisions before they meet their deadlines, are the ones who take the writing process one step at a time. These students don’t wait until they’re in the mood to write—or until the last minute—but chip away at their essays a few times a week, working consistently and conscientiously toward a finished product.

Taking the process one step at a time means making regular time for writing, setting aside at least 1-3 hours a week between now and your deadline when you’ll sit yourself down and write, no matter what’s going on around you. This piece of advice is one of the reasons why we hold regular Options Solutions Writing w

Workshops during university application season; we want to give you the time you need to make your best draft, not your first draft, your final copy. Seasoned writers will also endorse a regular writing routine as the key to success. Check out Jerry Seinfeld’s fabulous writing tip for software developer Brad Isaac on this posting (link: http://lifehacker.com/281626/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret)  of Lifehacker, a blog devoted to tips for “getting things done.” You might not need to “write every day,” as Seinfeld suggests, but you might like to try out his suggestion for improving your writing by making it a bigger part of your regular routine.

By: Monica Brown