Friday, February 18, 2011

Putting It In Writing

Dear Application Essay for National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship,

You are one tough egg to crack.

I've obsessed over you for four months now: our coffee dates, our dinner dates. You control my dreams.

Why are you so hard?

I mean, I've written tons of essays. Tons. And yet, I don't know what to do with you.

You've got some serious standards.

Can I meet your expectations?

Should I stop overthinking and just embrace you?

What do you want from me?

Lovingly,

Jennie

4 comments:

Shannon O'Donnell said...

Jennie, you are brilliant. I'm sure your essay is wonderful. Relax. :-)

Catherine Denton said...

That WOULD be intimidating. But I agree with Shannon, you'll figure it out.

Anonymous said...

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