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I’m taking a class about the essay.
The instructor of this class has had a great many personal essays published in consumer magazines and newspapers. It’s the genre of publication I used to appear in and edit for somewhat regularly, and I am trying to break my way back in, so here I am. I’m not sure what I expected, but I didn’t expect the instructor to show us a formula for all the personal essays she’s ever written and loved:
Lead with this.
Then follow up with this.
Now go here.
And she-bang! End this way.
Voila! An essay fit for the New York Times’ “Modern Love” column, which is, fair play, the pinnacle for a good many writers I know.
OK, I’m over-simplifying. But I remember seeing the outline laid out and every single fiber of my writerly self
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