In my personal essay I tried to remember to follow as many hints from A Writers Resource (Maimon, Peritz, Yancey). In the writing it began by telling how important personal writing is and how true it is. Personal essays are meaningful not only to the writer but to the audience who reads. Personally I enjoy these essays because of how easy they are to relate to and to write. There is nothing a person knows more about than themselves, especially the really conceited ones.
The main tips that I received and used were to show that the essay is meaningful to the author. Secondly to not summarize events, instead go into detail to show emotion. Ironically the opposite of what I am currently doing. Making the essay personal is also very important hence why it is called a personal writing. I did this by trying to relate to others, I use first person, going into flash backs making the events seem to actually be happening. The key to a great personal essay in my opinion. These are the main points emphasized in a personal essay instructed by a writer’s resource.
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