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How to Find Your Essay's Heartbeat

Lesson 5 of 8: Finding Your Essay's Heartbeat

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Andrea A. Firth
Apr 26, 2024
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Hi Writers,

Welcome to Week 3 and Lesson 5. Already we’ve accomplished a lot. We’ve read ten published personal essays. We’ve looked at idea generation, scene building, structure, dialogue, point of view, beginnings, endings and titles—and we’ve covered a lot of writing craft. Now, we’ve reached the crux of the course—Finding Your Essay’s Heartbeat. 

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I'm a writer, editor, and educator based in the SF Bay Area--and I love everything about essays--reading, writing, editing and teaching them. I'm an Editor at Brevity Blog and CoFounder of Diablo Writers' Workshop. Learn more at www.andreaafirth.com
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