<p>Quick question here: </p>
<p>I'm brainstorming ideas for upcoming college essays. One of the things I love to do with my writing is creating a character or a different voice for the essay. I've had a lot of success with this in my A.P English Lang class. Should I avoid this when writing a "college" essay, though? Or can I write from my own perspective but set the essay in a different time or place (like, in the future? Or the past?) as long as I make it obvious? </p>
<p>Thanks for any advice</p>
<p>I think I would need to see an example of what you are saying. Like, are you doing a straight-up narrative? Or saying something like “Jessie wanted a doll, but realized there was not enough money to get one. I can relate to Jessie when I had to sacrifice blah blah blah…”? Suffice it to say I am sorta confused.</p>
<p>If, however, it worked in your AP Lang class (which I just had as well, so congrats for surviving it haha), then I do not see MUCH of a difference between the two…but, again, I don’t really know what you mean.</p>