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I’ve been writing narrative essays for over a decade now, and I still remember the moment I realized I was doing it all wrong. I was in my second year of university, sitting in a writing center at UC Berkeley, listening to a tutor explain that my essay wasn’t actually a story–it was a list …

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I’ve spent the better part of a decade reading student essays, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that most people approach expository writing backward. They sit down, stare at a blank screen, and hope inspiration strikes. It doesn’t. What happens instead is panic, procrastination, and eventually a rushed piece that reads like it …

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