trying essays

Essay in french means ‘try’ – which is actually relatively fitting, corny title aside.

As I have previously noted, I find essays to be a tedious, necessary evil. Initially, I approached this essay like every other essay I’ve encountered throughout my years in the education system. Even when I found out this doesn’t necessarily have to follow a conventional essay structure, I still thought I would follow the generic guidelines for writing an essay.

However, as I actually got down to writing the essay I felt as though I wanted to mix things up a bit. I think the essay will retain the major features of a conventional essay, I just don’t want to completely follow the generic structure. I want to be able to express myself freely.

EDIT
As I progress in writing this essay it is becoming more and more conventional. As much as I’ve tried to create something different, unrestrained by the conventions of normalcy it is actually a lot more difficult than I anticipated. It feels almost wrong to write an essay in an unconventional manner. However, I am trying and I will continue to do so.

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