--- title: "Posts About Writing | Elite Prep" description: "12 Elite Prep articles about Writing, published 2012–2020 — admissions guidance, test strategy and study advice." url: "https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/writing/" image: "https://media.eliteprep.com/blog-library-gradient-webp-card.jpg" language: "en" source: "eliteprep build" --- ![Four students talking over their notes in a library](https://eliteprep.com/media/blog-library-gradient-webp-w1600.webp) # Posts About Writing 12 posts in Writing. - ![Title graphic over a soap bubble: "Why It's Never Too Early to Start Thinking About Your College Application Essays"](https://media.eliteprep.com/WHY%2BITS%2BNEVER%2BTOO%2BEARLY-webp-w400.webp) [College Admissions](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/college-admissions/) ### [Why It's Never Too Early to Start Thinking About Your College Application Essays](https://eliteprep.com/blog/never-too-early-college-essays/) Everyone has a compelling story to tell. When I say it’s never too early to begin thinking about your college application essays… May 4, 2020 Stephen P. - ![How to Spot a Sentence Fragment](https://media.eliteprep.com/Elite%2BBlog%2BImage%2BSentence%2BFragment-webp-w400.webp) [ACT](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/act/) [Writing](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/writing/) ### [How to Spot a Sentence Fragment](https://eliteprep.com/blog/how-to-spot-a-sentence-fragment/) One of the first steps in mastering SAT and ACT grammar is understanding the difference between a complete sentence and a sentence fragment. May 27, 2019 Jon G. - ![5 Techniques for Brainstorming Your College Essay Topic in 15 Minutes](https://media.eliteprep.com/Elite%2BBlog%2BImage%2BBRAINSTORMING-webp-w400.webp) [College Application](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/college-application/) ### [5 Techniques for Brainstorming Your College Essay Topic in 15 Minutes](https://eliteprep.com/blog/brainstorming-college-essays/) It’s the fall of your senior year of high school. Hopefully by now, you have settled—or are at least close to settling… November 6, 2018 Stephen P. - ![Title card over a straw background: "Logical Fallacies: The Uses and Abuses of Straw Men"](https://media.eliteprep.com/Elite%2BBlog%2BImage%2BStraw%2BMen-webp-w400.webp) [Writing](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/writing/) ### [Logical Fallacies: The Uses and Abuses of Straw Men](https://eliteprep.com/blog/2018/8/10/logical-fallacies-the-uses-and-abuses-of-straw-men/) I have a friend who likes to tell me about disagreements he has with others. When he tells me about his arguments with his friends, family, or coworkers… August 10, 2018 - ![The Do's and Don'ts of Emailing College Admissions Counselors and Professors](https://media.eliteprep.com/Elite%2BBlog%2BImage%2BEmail-webp-w400.webp) [Writing](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/writing/) ### [The Do’s and Don’ts of Emailing College Admissions Officers and Professors](https://eliteprep.com/blog/2018/4/17/emailing-college-admissions-officials/) As communication technologies change, so too does digital etiquette. There are ever-evolving, unspoken rules, for instance… April 17, 2018 Stephen P. - ![Title card reading "The Problem and Appeal of the Slippery Slope" over a green-tinted photo of a neoclassical columned memorial building.](https://media.eliteprep.com/Elite%2BBlog%2BImage%2BSlippery%2BSlope-webp-w400.webp) [Writing](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/writing/) ### [The Problem and Appeal of the Slippery Slope](https://eliteprep.com/blog/2018/3/26/the-problem-and-appeal-of-the-slippery-slope/) For nearly as long as I can remember, I have heard media pundits, teachers, and peers mention the slippery slope by name—not as a logical fallacy… March 29, 2018 Stephen P. - ![Students at a table under an orange wash, with text: "Can I use "I" and "me" in an academic essay?"](https://media.eliteprep.com/Elite%2BBlog%2BImage%2BI%2Band%2BMe-webp-w400.webp) [Writing](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/writing/) [Grammar](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/grammar/) ### [Can I Use “I” and “Me” in an Academic Essay?](https://eliteprep.com/blog/2018/3/12/i-and-me-in-academic-essay/) Typically, this question stems from a student’s experience with a high school or middle school teacher who advised, even commanded, students to never… March 12, 2018 Stephen P. - ![The Terrible Twos: On the Power and Pitfalls of False Dichotomies](https://media.eliteprep.com/Elite%2BBlog%2BImage%2BDichotomies-webp-w400.webp) [Writing](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/writing/) ### [The Terrible Twos: On the Power and Pitfalls of Dichotomies](https://eliteprep.com/blog/2018/1/6/on-false-dichotomies/) Dichotomies place two terms in opposition. The problem is that they’re often false. Such terms are often not mutually exclusive or exhaustive. January 6, 2018 - ![Understanding Arguments: The Rule of Three](https://media.eliteprep.com/Elite%2BBlog%2BImage%2BRule%2Bof%2BThree-webp-w400.webp) [Writing](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/writing/) ### [Understanding Arguments: The Rule of Three](https://eliteprep.com/blog/2017/12/6/the-rule-of-three/) You may have encountered this writing principle in the Declaration of Independence, fairy tales, novels, or even Aristotle’s Rhetoric. December 4, 2017 - ![Someecard: "I promise to tolerate your freedom of speech, unless it involves two spaces after a period. Because that's not freedom, that's just wrong."](https://media.eliteprep.com/two_spaces_after_a_period-webp-w400.webp) [College Application](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/college-application/) ### [Two Spaces After a Period (And four other mistakes your making in you're college essay)](https://eliteprep.com/blog/two-spaces-after-a-period-and-four-other-mistakes-your-makin.html/) October 29, 2013 Ethan Sawyer - [Writing](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/writing/) ### [Mistakes that spellcheck won't catch | Pt. 2](https://eliteprep.com/blog/mistakes-that-spellcheck-wont-catch-pt-2.html/) March 16, 2012 - [Writing](https://eliteprep.com/blog/category/writing/) ### [Mistakes that spellcheck won't catch | Pt. 1](https://eliteprep.com/blog/mistakes-that-spellcheck-wont-catch-pt-1.html/) March 13, 2012 [Browse every post by year →](https://eliteprep.com/blog/archive/) [Subscribe to the RSS feed](https://eliteprep.com/blog/rss.xml) ## Ready to Discuss Your Options? 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