
86. Writing A Stand-Out College Essay - Greg Smith
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The Importance of Taking Risks in Writing
Sally Kohn: I would always recommend the idea of the importance of take risks. And sometimes those risks that don't pan out are unbelievably wonderful topics, because regardless, when we take that risk, it's not failure. If we end up not liking it, it's actually helping us with direction. She says humans respond best to emotion and feeling. "If we can trigger some kind of emotion or feeling, if we can speak to something that is a truism, in a way that connects"
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