Becoming a Great Essayist
If you have a clever anecdote, an interesting memory, a new way to explain how something works, or an opinion on a social or political issue, then you have an essay in you. Unlike a novel, history book, or scientific publication,...
In This Series
Steal, Adopt, Adapt: Where Essays Begin
Memory Maps and Your Essay’s Direction
Secrets, Confession, and a Writer’s Voice
The Skeptical Essayist: Conflicting Views
The Reasonable Essayist: Artistic Proofs
The Unreasonable Essayist: Strategic Irony
The Empathetic Essayist: Evoking Emotion
When an Essayist’s Feelings Face Facts
Unabashedly Me: The First-Person Essay
Essayists as Poets: Tapping into Imagery
The Visual Essay: Words + Pictures
Writing Inch by Inch: From Draft to Polish
Short Forms: Microessays and Prose Poems
The Memoir Essay
Lyric Essays: Writing That Sings
The Epistolary Essay: Letters to the World
Portrait Essays: People in Words
The Essayist as Public Intellectual
Polemical Essays: One-Sided Arguments
Historical Essays: Past as Present
Humor Essays
Nature Essays
Food Essays: My Grandmother’s Recipe Box
Sharing Your Essays: From Blog to Book