Showing "passion" on an essay

MrMom62
Sat, 14 Jun 2014 05:36:05 +0000

1. How do I show “passion” for debate?



You don’t - it will just come out of you naturally as you write about it. Your passion is already obvious, you just need to find a way to distill it into the length limit of the essay.

Way back in that Dark Ages, when I was getting my MBA, I had to give a lecture to the class on a business topic of my choice. I don’t remember what it was exactly that I was talking about, but it had to do with Steve Jobs ouster from Apple by John Sculley, and I was not on Jobs side. (I told you this was a LONG time ago, as Jobs had not yet returned to Apple.) After my talk, I had a classmate come up to me and say “You were on fire! That was the best lecture anyone has given in this class.” And I was not aiming for that, it just came out that way because I had passion for my subject.

That is what you are aiming for - make your audience care about your subject because you care about your subject. If you care, it should be obvious in your writing and it will come easier than you know.