• FREE LIVE WEBINAR

How to Coach Reluctant Essay Writers in the AI Age

  • Tuesday, June 16, 2026
  • 2-3 PM PST/5-6 PM EST
  • Can't make it live? Recordings will be available 1–2 business days after each session.

Join Ethan Sawyer where he’ll review ways in which counselors can further support their senior students in their college application journeys.

On this session, we’ll cover:

  • AI tells, AI guidelines, and developing your own stance.
  • What makes writers reluctant.
  • Ways to make the writing process joyful.
  • Finding your writer’s voice: how creative writing techniques can make a student’s authentic voice distinct and memorable.
  • What admission officers want: Admission Nutrients.
  • Diving for the unexpected: The Jellyfish Exercise.
  • A preview of the Practical Coaching Strategies Course.

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MEET YOUR HOST

Our Facilitator

Ethan Sawyer

Founder · College Essay Guy

Ethan Sawyer is the founder of College Essay Guy which means he has been eating/sleeping/breathing college essays for most of his waking hours since 2003. He is an internationally recognized college essay and admissions expert and the author of the Amazon bestsellers College Essay Essentials and College Admission Essentials. Each year he and his team reach more than one million students and counselors through the College Essay Guy blog, online pay-what-you-can courses, workshops, books, and one-on-one work. Receiving his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in Performance Studies, an MFA in Acting from UC Irvine, and two counseling certificates, Ethan’s educational experiences, reading, and training have informed his deep interest in storytelling as a vehicle for personal development and growth, which in turn inspired Ethan to start College Essay Guy. 

Lyn Fairchild Hawks

Founder & Essay Coach ·  Success Story

Lyn is a graduate of Stanford University and the Vermont College of Fine Arts program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She loves helping students tell cinematic, insightful stories. She is also the author of young adult novels, short stories, and books for educators, including lessons for teaching Shakespeare. For 15 years she designed and ran online programs for gifted youth at Duke University and prior to that, served as a high school and middle school English teacher.