Ren Khodzhayev Email & Phone Number

Berlin, De

I help students from around the world write compelling personal statements and gain acceptance to their dream schools – everywhere from the Ivies to UCs, U Chicago to scenic liberal arts schools in the Northeast.

Berlin, Germany

A talented wordsmith with a passion for crafting compelling narratives. Whether writing product descriptions and brand narratives or artist biographies and exhibition materials, I use my creative flair and linguistic expertise to engage audiences and drive impact. I've worked with a diverse range of brands and artists, including Vika Jewels, Shiftmove, Aeyde Shoes, Wera Bet, Sam Chermayeff, and Kristina Paustian. Additionally, I've also dabbled with translations, including Ekaterina Kasumova's "Geographia" and "Figures of Absence: The Films of DORE O.: Women's Experimental Cinema."

Berlin Area, Germany

The Berlin Fiction Circle was started as a way for serious writers to have free access to an MFA-style workshop, while also gaining access to a supportive community of like-minded peers. I help organize the weekly workshops, where I facilitate group discussion of our text, focusing on craft elements and plot motion. I also answer group emails, send out meeting announcements, and the maintain mailing list.

Berlin, Germany

Blinkist provides capsule summaries of the most important non-fiction books being published today. My role is to read the books (so you don’t have to), pull out the key messages, and write summaries in our friendly, audio-ready house voice. Titles I’ve worked on include:Dopamine Nation - Anne LembkeDusk, Night, Dawn - Anne LamottWaste Not - Erin RhoadsFast This Way - Dave AspreyChatter - Ethan KrossEat to Beat Depression - Drew RamseyThe Purpose Myth - Charlotte CramerBliss More - Light Watkins

Berlin, Germany

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted illustrator Julia Rothman in putting together book on sex, sexuality, body image, and everything in between, to be published by Little Brown in 2020• Edited hour-long interviews down into essays that retain the speaker’s voice• Proofread and copy-edit contributor essays for clarity of thought & language• Wrote feature-length piece to be included in the book

Greater New York City Area

• Assist students in crafting college essays optimized to appeal to college admissions counselors• Conduct lengthy interviews with students to uncover actionable life experience and insight• Edit and guide student essays to have a unique and appealing voice• Facilitate communication and cooperation between students, parents, teachers, and administrators• Hold a 90% success rate of students being accepted into first choice schools

Greater New York City Area

• Wrote skills and content-based scripts for educational videos targeted to middle school, high school, and English language learners• Collaborated with a team of writers taking scripts to a final draft• Edited colleagues’ scripts to achieve natural conversational tone in dialogue • Critiqued and annotated colleagues’ first drafts• Summarized in-class content for teacher edition print and online textbooks

Greater New York City Area

• Counseled students with all stages of the assignment: text analysis, clarity of thesis, content organization, grammar and mechanics• Coached students through brainstorming and editing course essays, term papers, and college applications• Showed consistent grade improvements with Tufts, NYU, Williams, and Columbia Prep students• Assisted students with completion of Common App and supplemental essays• Students were accepted to Cornell, Central Saint Martins, and Goldsmiths

New York, New York

• Taught Creative Writing: Introduction to Fiction & Poetry - dual workshop and craft course• Created syllabus and lesson plans for the semester• Facilitated weekly workshop discussion with 12 students• Supported students with weekly personal feedback• Fostered environment of mutual support among the students

Coler-Goldwater Hospital

• Created syllabus and lesson plans for the semester• Facilitated weekly workshop discussion with 12 students• Supported students with weekly personal feedback

Bachelor’S Degree, Creative Writing And Russian Literature, Cum Laude

Master Of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Creative Writing, Fiction