Start with picking the right theme for the project. When dealing with a personal essay, you have an opportunity to build up your own chronological order in order to show your inner emotions in the most favorable light. It is important to give preference to one specific event from the past days and use it as a theme.
Generate a solid outline for the personal essay. Use just several descriptive words in order to describe every step that highlights the chosen event. Thus, you will have an opportunity to bring all of your thoughts together and make sure the content flows smoothly.
Prepare a rough draft of the paper on the basis of all the steps you have written in the outline. Broaden every step with 2-3 paragraphs to create the “body” of your personal project. It is up to you to choose whether to work out an introductive section right now or you can simply leave it until the moment when the essay is done and then add it. Open up an introductive paragraph with an anecdote, which in this or that way is related to you or reflects a certain event from your past. As for the concluding paragraph of the essay, make sure it does not leave your audience hanging with inquiring eyes and thoughts like, “….and?!”. Remember, you’re not creating a Hollywood blockbuster and there will be no sequels!
Spell checker is your friend and make sure to take the best out of it! In case you make use of a PC, a spell check is the most convenient and the fastest way to proofread your memoirs. Don’t forget to provide your project with applicable and attention-grabbing title.