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Augustus R.
Private tutor in Chicago, IL
Education
MA in English and Creative Writing University of California, Davis BA in Film Studies University of California, Santa Barbara
Experience
I have taught writing at the college level (currently I teach at University of Chicago) for over ten years and always have an excellent relationship with my students. I know they appreciate the attention I give to each of them, the genuine interest I show in their ideas and the drive I have in helping them improve their writing skills. Most of them find me at once laid back and easy to talk to on the one hand, and highly demanding on the other, because I am always pushing them to do better and put their best work forward. I’ve seen plenty of students come in to one of my required college writing classes with no interest in taking it, and have by the end of the course given them a newfound interest to pursue writing further. I think this is in part due to the emphasis I put on authenticity. Authenticity is one of the most important, but also most difficult elements of any piece of writing. None of us want to read yet another essay by a student with no interest in their subject, writing something that that think we want to hear in the way they think we want to hear it. Authenticity is difficult to grasp because it is both abstract and fluid, but it is in many ways about voice. And I’ve come to understand that voice is about more than syntax, or dialect, or the how of something said. It is about being unexpected without being contrived. It is about knowing both your subject and your audience. And an authority of voice is one of the most essential skills of a good writer. Voice is about authenticity, and authenticity is about voice. One of the things I do for your son or daughter is to help them find their own. Regardless of what they are writing about. I’m looking to tutor because I love mentoring students and helping them bring their thoughts and ideas to the page in effective, efficient and moving ways. I also have years of insight into the college admissions process (my wife was the director of an MFA creative writing program and I have myself read through hundreds of statements of purpose) so I know and understand what admissions boards are looking for, and I can help your son or daughter with the process of writing his or her own. At University of Chicago I have taught a Master Class in Writing Personal Statements for Graduate School, helping these aspiring PhDs find their own stories and put them to the page in such a way as to set them apart from the hundreds of other such essays the admissions board has to read through. In addition to my years as a teacher I also have years of experience as a freelance editor, consulting on dozens of clients’ books and helping them with everything from larger structural and developmental issues, to matters of language and syntax. Some of the classes I've taught: University of Chicago: - Fiction Writing Lecturer. Sample courses: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Fiction Writing; Reading as a Writer. - Master Class in Writing Personal Statements for Graduate School. - Master Class in Narrative Structure. Columbia College Chicago: - Fiction Writing Lecturer. Sample courses: Fiction Seminar; Critical Reading and Writing; Film & Story. University of Michigan: - Writing Lecturer. Sample courses: Writing & Rhetoric; Argumentative Writing.
Subject Expertise
10th Grade Writing, 11th Grade Writing, 12th Grade Writing, 6th Grade Writing, 7th Grade Writing, 8th Grade Writing, 9th Grade Writing, ACT with Writing, ACT Writing, College Essays, Creative Writing, English, Essay Editing, Expository Writing, Fiction Writing, GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment, GRE Analytical Writing, Introduction to Fiction, Literary Analysis, Literature, Persuasive Writing, PSAT Writing Skills, SAT Writing, Writing