Is there a free tool to help me write my college essay?

Yes. StoryBuilder is free to start, with no credit card required. It guides you step by step through finding, shaping, and revising a story for your personal statement, supplemental essays, or scholarship essays. Your free account includes the story creation tool, Daily Story prompts, and two self-paced courses, including Introduction to the College Essay.

How do I find a good story for my college essay?

Start with specific moments, not big topics. The best college essay stories usually come from a single moment of growth, change, or insight. StoryBuilder's Daily Story prompts help you remember those moments, and the story creation tool helps you choose one and shape it into a clear beginning, middle, and end.

What's included in the free account?

The free account includes the story creation tool, Daily Story prompts, two self-paced courses, and our monthly live Community Storytelling Workshops. You can start using StoryBuilder right away with no credit card required.

What do I get with the $25/year upgrade?

The upgrade unlocks the full course library covering storytelling, college admissions, and career success, plus every new course as we add them. You also get biweekly office hours with Nick Fernald, Revision Learning's founder, and keep full access to the story creation tool and Daily Story prompts.

Does StoryBuilder use AI or write for me?

No. StoryBuilder guides you through finding, shaping, and revising your own story, step by step. The words are always yours, which is why your stories sound like you.

How is this different from other writing tools?

Most writing tools help you with one task. StoryBuilder teaches the Moments Method, a framework you can apply to college essays, career stories, interviews, and beyond. The goal is a skill for life, not just one good outcome.

Is StoryBuilder right for me if I'm not in high school?

StoryBuilder is designed for high school students working on college essays and professionals working on career stories. The courses and tools are also accessible to motivated middle schoolers, college students, and adult learners.

Can I use StoryBuilder alongside 1:1 coaching or workshops?

Yes. StoryBuilder is the hub where everything happens. All paid workshops include one year of upgraded StoryBuilder access, with session links and recordings accessible through your account. Learners who work with a coach can submit drafts and track their progress directly through StoryBuilder.

What does the admin account include?

Educator Access ($29/year) gives you your own upgraded StoryBuilder plus an admin dashboard where you can add learners, monitor progress, and track engagement. It's for anyone who supports learners, including teachers, counselors, career advisors, and program directors. Schools and organizations can also bring StoryBuilder to a whole class, cohort, or team through our org programs.

Can I see a demo before buying?

Yes. We'll walk you through StoryBuilder and the admin dashboard and help you find the right fit.

For college access organizations

Help your students tell their stories, for college and beyond.

Give students a clear, repeatable process for college essays, scholarship applications, and the interviews that come after, and give your advisors a shared framework to support them.

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Why it matters

Your students have powerful stories. We can help them tell them.

College essays and scholarship applications ask students to write about themselves, often with little guidance. That support often falls to advisors with full caseloads, so it varies from student to student. Revision Learning gives your whole program one framework, so every student gets consistent support and your advisors aren't stretched thinner.

Authenticity over performance

Students learn to share real experiences and growth, not what they think admissions officers or scholarship committees want to hear.

One framework for college and beyond

The same process works for personal statements, supplemental and scholarship essays, and later, interviews and job applications.

Shared language for your advisors

Advisors, coaches, and volunteers support students the same way, and the impact lasts after our work together ends.

How we help

Everything your program needs, in one partnership.

Workshops

Live workshops led by Revision Learning coaches. College essay workshops help students build a story portfolio and leave with a personal statement draft. Career storytelling workshops help them turn experiences into stories for interviews, internships, and jobs.

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1:1 coaching

Coaching credits you can distribute across students for live sessions on Zoom or written feedback on personal statements, supplemental essays, and scholarship essays. Written feedback arrives within 48 hours.

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StoryBuilder

Upgraded access for every student, with daily prompts, a step-by-step story creation tool, and 17 self-paced courses, plus a dashboard so advisors can track progress without reading every draft.

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Advisor training and curriculum

Training that gives advisors, coaches, and volunteers a shared framework and question-based feedback, plus ready-to-teach lesson plans, slide decks, and handouts.

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Our approach

Built on the Moments Method®.

A neuroscience-based framework that gives students a repeatable process for finding, shaping, and telling the stories that matter.

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01

Find stories

Uncover the moments from your life that show who you really are.

02

Focus in

Identify specific moments of growth, change, and insight.

03

Tell it out loud

Unlock memory, emotion, and detail through spoken storytelling.

04

Map it

Build a clear beginning, middle, and end.

05

Focus out

Replace generic language with vivid, specific detail.

250,000+

People who've learned to tell their story

94%

Reported increased storytelling confidence

97%

Learned skills they could use immediately

Partnership options

Choose the option that fits your program.

Pricing applies to both college essay and career programs. Discounts available for college access organizations.

Option 1

StoryBuilder access

$250

up to 50 students and 25 educators

Upgraded StoryBuilder for every student, plus an educator dashboard to track progress.

Option 2

StoryBuilder + workshop

from $1,500

virtual · in person in NYC available

A 2-hour student workshop ($1,500) or educator workshop ($2,500), with StoryBuilder access included. The educator workshop also includes curriculum.

Option 3 · Most comprehensive

StoryBuilder + workshop + coaching

from $4,000

virtual · in person in NYC available

Everything in Option 2, plus 50 coaching credits to distribute across students.

All partnerships are one-year contracts with a one-time $300 onboarding fee and include complimentary seats in our paid workshops. Bulk pricing available.

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How it works

From first call to final report.

01

Consultation

We learn about your students, timeline, and goals.

02

Onboarding

Your team gets a customized onboarding course and a meeting with your Revision Learning point of contact.

03

Workshops, coaching, StoryBuilder, and curriculum

Students and staff start using the Moments Method® right away.

04

Reporting

You receive an attendance report about two weeks after each workshop, plus survey results and other data from your partnership.

From our community

What students and educators say.

Revision Learning is an official college essay partner for KIPP.

“I used to feel that my writing is really bad and that it would stay that way. Now I feel way more confident in what I write.”

Student, New Visions Charter HS

“It's great to see the time stamps of when students logged in and what they're working on, so we can further support them.”

Educator, KIPP D.C.

“Cultivating your own stories is a dynamic and versatile approach to preparing to interview, network, etc.”

Career Storytelling Workshop Participant

Bring storytelling to your program.

Choose a partnership option, or talk with us about what fits your students.

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