<p>I found the following from an ooold post on here, and it's really helped me when writing my essays.</p>
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Think about any experience that you've had that shows something about you: a trip you've taken, a risk you've taken, a mistake, a success, a failure, an attempt, a project, a paper, a poem you wrote, a piano you played, a life you saved, a gift you gave, moving, grooving, losing something, gaining something, a realization, a contemplation, something you've seen, someone you've been, something you cleaned, stealing, being stolen from, a debate, something you hated, something you baked, something at stake, a win, a loss, a horse, a course, a class, a dance, a climb, a fall.
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<p>I just picked one, and wrote about it. Every time, it's worked without fail.</p>