<p>For a "significant person who's influenced you" essay prompt, I was thinking about writing about my eleven-year-old sister. If I write a really solid essay, could this work? Or are family members just completely overdone?</p>
<p>It’s really common for people to write about family (mom, dad, sibling, grandparents) and their influence. But what makes an essay cliche is the take on the topic, not the topic itself. How you spin it will either make it cliched or unique.</p>