What does it mean to write a creative essay?
A creative essay isn't just someone writing about a book, or someone writing about some person they were forced to study. Creative essays are a breed all there own, they have the elements of a story or even a traditional essay written in an English class. Creative essays have a certain perspective to them, while looking from the inside and getting very specific in the details that gives an air of looking from the outside. There is a sense of perspective that isn't necessarily from a person in the story, it is as though the essay is being told or read to you.
The lenses example I feel is a very well written creative essay. She starts by looking at the small things in life though the microscope but she also makes the point that it isn't about the little things at all. In fact it is about the big picture and what we do in the lens of the person watching us, are we doing what we are supposed to? Are we satisfying? Are we interesting? Are we living to our full potential? If someone were to let us look through that lens would we be happy? These can all be seen as different perspectives that the essay could be written from.
The biggest part of writing a creative essay is to be honest with the readers. After all this is an essay and they are assuming that what you are writing is the truth, or a version of it. If you decide to put in fiction make sure to let the reader know, that's the polite thing to do anyhow.
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