Sunday, September 14, 2014
What's Too Personal?
This assignment seemed so easy in the beginning but at this point I have written two unrelated sketches and one, five page essay that has nothing to do with my sketches. Every time I've written on a topic for this essay I've felt it isn't right. When I finished my essay I thought I had done it and it was pretty good. Now I'm starting to doubt if I probed deep enough. With this assignment I've been wondering what is too personal in this "personal essay". I can't stand the thought of writing another five page paper so I think I'm going to keep my paper but I feel like I chose a cheesy topic. I talked about how my boyfriend and I started dating because I think people can relate to the idea. However I feel like I spent the whole paper recounting the story and not so much time reflecting but I think I've covered all I can in my paper. I just feel like my paper isn't going to be as insightful as everyone else's.
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I am totally in your shoes right now. It has taken me forever to write this draft and I am still unsatisfied with it.
ReplyDeleteI feel like dating a a topic we can all relate to. Maybe you could explore how dating has changed over time or you opinion on whether relationships are still primarily based on physical attraction?
Sometimes, Kynna, we need to first get the situation out in the first draft. In the second or third we begin to understand the story. Another way to think about his it that you're trying to identify the question(s) about your experiences you're trying to explore. Sometimes this isn't apparent until you've done some writing.
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