Benjamin McEvoy

Essays on writing, reading, and life

How To Write A Personal Statement for Oxford University

By

How To Write A Personal Statement for Oxford University is available to purchase in ebook form on Amazon (paperback coming soon). The advice in How To Write A Personal Statement for Oxford University will put you in the best position for securing interviews at Oxford, Cambridge, or any top university of your choice. The book is based on my […]

Don’t Ride Elephants in Thailand – Artifacts from my Travels

By

‘Artifacts from my Travels’ is a series of meditations upon one aspect of a country that I have visited. A wooden figurine of an elephant. That is what I’m looking at as I write these words. But I see more than a figurine. I see a tangle of memories and emotions, both tragic and joyful. […]

Ray Bradbury Writing Advice: The Bradbury Trio

By

Last year, I set myself a reading challenge that I came to affectionately call the Bradbury Trio. I had begun to dedicate significant portions of my writing time to the short story form. It made sense to ramp up the amount of short stories I was reading too. Then I came across this video of the […]

How To Get Your Child into Oxford or Cambridge

By

If you are the proud parent of an Oxford or Cambridge applicant, I’m here to help you do everything that you can to get them through. I went through the process to get into Oxford and was accepted. I’m able to write this because I observed what my parents did to help me get in. […]

Here’s how to stop a cold in one day

By

I’m gonna teach you how to stop a cold in one day. This is the technique I literally used 2 days ago. I did the things I’m about to talk about and when I woke up the next day… BAM! My cold was gone. I haven’t seen this “technique” anywhere else. This is just a combination of stuff […]

How To Get Over Writer’s Block

By

If you’ve been painfully constipated for weeks on end, would you take a laxative?  Of course you would. You won’t feel better until you get that shit out of there. Today we’re going to talk about the mental kind of constipation: Writer’s block The tips that follow are my go-to artistic laxatives for making sure […]

Wim Hof Method Review (2020)

By

This Wim Hof Method review will take you ~4 minutes to read if you’re a fast reader. Thanks to the Wim Hof Method, I can hold my breath at the beginning of this article and not need to breathe until I reach the end. Can you? I was burned out. Too many stimulants, pain pills, and sleepless […]