Personal Essay Digression as Method
Let the essay wander toward the thing it is really about.
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- check_circleWrite the essay that is apparently about a hobby but the digressions keep revealing it is about the relationship with the person who taught the hobby
- check_circleWrite the essay that is apparently about a trip but the digressions reveal it is about what the narrator was running away from
- check_circleWrite the essay that is apparently about a cultural practice but the digressions keep circling the narrator relationship to their own culture
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