When reading Encountering the Essay and Essayists on Essays, one of the tidbits about essays that was especially interesting to me was that they can have hidden overtones of disguise. What does this mean? While an essay is usually a piece of nonfiction, the author can manipulate incidents and moods in the interest of creating a story or backing a position.
Now looking at my Shitty First Draft, I realize it is too much just a series of my frustrations laid out on paper. While it does deal personally with me, it has no inherent structure and few personal examples. While it still may be in my best interest to look at why Tech is not unlike other college communities, I should focus it on some event or series of events. One of the ideas I'm considering when reworking my Shitty First Draft for the second draft is to base my frustrations at Tech around the story about how I got my first, and what I would consider pointless, judicial review. It would not only make my essay less incoherent and hideous, but it would give it more drama and thereby create more interest in reading it.
Portfolio Draft
16 years ago
1 comment:
Yeah, I've also had a problem, not with making it personal, but how to make it personal. I have personal stories...but where they fit into my paper is really confusing.
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