tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777905835951744752.post3832573484554195322..comments2024-03-22T11:46:47.066-07:00Comments on E-CHANNEL: TELL ME A GOOD ESSAYUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777905835951744752.post-2060277952492733832020-04-06T09:31:51.623-07:002020-04-06T09:31:51.623-07:00Let me start my answer for this question by repeat...Let me start my answer for this question by repeating something a reviewer said of my essays in Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing. He said I was superior essayist, but not a great one. I think that judgment is fair. The essay as a literary form comes easily to me. About 50% of my body of published work is non-fiction (or the essay) and the rest is fiction. Remember: <a href="https://www.kuchijewels.com/product-category/kuchi-tribal-jewellery/" rel="nofollow">vintage necklaces</a> , <a href="https://www.kuchijewels.com/product-category/kuchi-tribal-jewellery/afghani-ladies-shoes/" rel="nofollow">handcrafted shoes</a> , <a href="https://www.kuchijewels.com/product-category/kuchi-tribal-jewellery/anklets/" rel="nofollow">payal for girls</a> , <a href="https://www.kuchijewels.com/product-category/kuchi-tribal-jewellery/bags/" rel="nofollow">embroidered bag</a> , <a href="https://www.kuchijewels.com/product-category/kuchi-tribal-jewellery/belts/" rel="nofollow">embroidered belt</a> , <a href="https://www.kuchijewels.com/product-category/kuchi-tribal-jewellery/belt-jeans/" rel="nofollow">women's leather belts for jeans</a> , <a href="https://www.kuchijewels.com/product-category/kuchi-tribal-jewellery/boot-belt/" rel="nofollow">belt boots</a> , <a href="https://www.kuchijewels.com/product-category/kuchi-tribal-jewellery/bracelets/" rel="nofollow">bracelet</a> when I was a freshmen in college, I'd write the essay assignments (or term papers) for people in my dormitory (who wanted to party over the weekend) for $5. an essay, money-back guaranteed if they didn't get an "A." I never had to refund anyone's money. (Today I always tell students that this unethical exercise during my wayward youth led to my becoming a writer while the people who paid me to write essays for them never learned how to write.) These brief essays for E-Channel also come easily for me, because once I start thinking about a subject it's natural for me to write down my ideas. And one idea always leads to another, like a tree branching out. For me, the experience is very much like dhārana or the one-pointed concentration that is the first stage of formal meditation.Darren Demershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08050776248828465230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777905835951744752.post-50737958756189582102013-08-16T00:17:14.991-07:002013-08-16T00:17:14.991-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14566359183608266793noreply@blogger.com