Please help me brainstorm ideas for this essay prompt!

Tizil7
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 06:31:36 +0000

ADad put it wonderfully. I’ll add just a few pointers I found helpful while writing my own essay.

Make the essay microscopic. Choose one moment of one event on a particular day and center your essay / feelings / emotions around this. Don’t elucidate that you are a good friend or a good daughter. Show how you’ve been a good friend or a good daughter. The best essays are usually the ones in which the message is woven in the text without ever explicitly revealing itself.

Personally, I find that the best way to do this is narrate a story rather than using sentences like “I did this and that happened.” Try something like, “Running towards that, a realization dawned upon me. I jolted to a halt and did that.” Make it more story-like. Make it engaging.

I do understand that is the easier said than done, but if you put your heart into it, the end results will be impressive.