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I offer 3 services: Essay Consulting, Writing Partnership, & Bootcamp.
E-mail Sarah to set up a complementary 15-minute chat or to book a session.
Essay Consulting:
Best for students who already have fully-formed texts and are preparing for submission.
Do: I provide straightforward feedback with next steps on already-written texts, complete with a “copyright scrub down” to eliminate grammatical issues, ambiguous constructions, and spelling errors.
Don’t do: I don’t teach the client how to write/edit, nor do I change core themes. I interact more with the text than with the writer.
How: 100% via email, with no online meetings.
Price: $2.00/minute for editing of a written text. Usually $50-70, depending on length, density, and status of text.
Writing Partnership:
Best for students who don’t know where to start. I take students under my wing for the entirety of the process. It takes more time and effort, but is ultimately more rewarding and effective.
Do: Students and I form a writing relationship that encompasses my six steps of the writing process: pre-writing interview, brainstorming, initial drafting, content editing, copyright editing, and finalizing. I train students to do this work on their own by first doing it together. I teach students to recognize their own errors and solve their own dilemmas. I provide written feedback after each session, including explicit suggestions for next steps. I guarantee that students finish their first session with at least one idea of a strong essay topic.
Don’t: I don’t write texts for students.
How: In 60-minute, 1-1 online sessions, via Google Meet or FaceTime, with a shared Google Doc.
Includes: Updates to parent via phone/email (whatever your preference), PDFs of my method (guide to writing process), access to my own Common App and Fulbright App, and access to my network of contacts for informational interviews.
Price: Initial session $150. All subsequent sessions $120.
In initial sessions, I “interview” students to excavate 1-2 solid essay topics. After the session, I provide a full transcript of our conversation, my specific suggestions for next steps, and reasons why I think those potential topics would be strong.
In subsequent sessions, students bring their writing progress (or lack thereof!) to our live session, and we tackle it together.
Bootcamp:
Best for students in crunch-time (2-4 weeks before deadline). Four sessions and four email edits, with priority scheduling.
Do: Four 60-minute sessions, designed to take students through the entire writing process. I emphasize fixing major structural problems, eliminating confusion and ambiguity, and cranking out a solid essay in little time.
Don’t: I don’t write texts for students.
How: In 60-minute, 1-1 online sessions, via Google Meet or FaceTime, with a shared Google Doc.
Includes: Four email consultations between sessions to speed up progress.
Price: $500.
Payment: I accept payment via Venmo, PayPal, bank transfer, cash, and check.
Cancellation/schedule change policy: Please respect a 24-hour cancellation/change policy.
Contact:
writewithsarahbinau@gmail.com
sarahbinau@icloud.com (iMessage only)