<p>I’m trying to do one of my supplement essays. I am planning to start my essay with a memory, and skipping an introduction. Do you think this would be advisable? The format of the essay will roughly be:</p>
<ul>
<li>Memory/Flashback</li>
<li>Fill missing details/explain event</li>
<li>What I learned from it/impact it had on me</li>
<li>Conclusion</li>
</ul>
<p>I will try to hint that it is a flashback (Start out in past present and transition into simple past), but I won’t say anything like “I will always remember they day…blah blah.” I will lead straight into the flashback with no introduction.</p>
<p>Is this a workable method? Or is an introduction recommendation? I’m not the greatest writer (I’m a math person haha), and I’ve never really experimented in writing outside of the traditional 5 paragraph essay. Thus, I know little about writing in general, and would love your help :)</p>
<p>I agree with johnfn. You should try to angle an essay with a certain uniqueness. It’s difficult to find one creative, but when you do find one you should go for it. Of course you must follow through with your writing. You should consider what Gabriel Garcia Marquez did in his novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold. He takes various memories from different people to piece together a puzzle, essentially a story, that will form into one form. All the different characters have a different memory about a specific action that took place. Its all quite interesting; if you have time you should read it, but of course you should consider this style one for your essay. </p>
<p>And if you are trying to differentiate a flashback and the present moment you can always italicize the flashback part of the essay.</p>