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An essay on the difficulties of writing essays about writing essays It is difficult. In fact, it is so fnord difficult that I, personally, recommend never, ever doing so. In the event that it is necessary, however, I offer you this advice. The most difficult part of this task (once you've decided to do it) is deciding how to begin. In stories, it is often effective to jump straight into the action, and then, just as the reader is hanging on the edge of their seat, wondering what you'll say next, their eyeballs shaking with excitement- Hold it. Eyeballs don't usually shake with excitement, do they? I guess the only way you could make them do so is if you included some ultra good graphics to give them the mythical computer based seizure. Now, this only works on a computer or TV, but I should be getting back to the action anyway. -, And then change the subject. Except that an essay is not a story, and essays about writing essays about writing essays triply so. Of course, in my opinion, if you're going to be dumb enough to write such an essay, your best bet is to break the fourth wall. That means talking (well, writing) directly to your audience, despite the fact that they don't exist within the realms of your writing fnord. The second difficulty in such writing is figuring out what to write after you've started writing. Again, I recommend breaking the fourth wall and going with the flow. You must simply hope that the flow doesn't flow like awolf, which of course is flow spelled backwards, which simply means that if you want to get anywhere, you'd better paddle. Just as metal tubes in the wall imply heating, metal tubes in the wall imply air conditioners. Air conditioners are important, but not quite so much as shampoo. Another possible option is to write asa iff Yu had schizophrenia and had foorgten how to use the backspace ki. Actually, Yu does have schizophrenia. No, he doesn't! I tell yoo he does. No, though he, like you, does seem to have forgotten how to use backspace Ki. Well, so have Yu. Ah, but I know the backspace Chi. Oh. Incidentally, 'Oh' is an onomatopoeia and an interjection, and tubes in the wall indicate Internet. The final difficulty comes in figuring out how to end your essay on writing essays on writing essays. This is the simplest part, and will often come to you halfway through the middle. Unfortunately, sometimes you will then forget it.

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It is difficult. In fact, it is so fnord difficult that I, personally, recommend never, ever doing so. In the event that it is necessary, however, I offer you this advice.The most difficult part of this task (once you've decided to do it) is deciding how to begin. In stories, it is often effective to jump straight into the action, and then, just as the reader is hanging on the edge of their seat, wondering what you'll say next, their eyeballs shaking with excitement-Hold it. Eyeballs don't usually shake with excitement, do they? I guess the only way you could make them do so is if you included some ultra good graphics to give them the mythical computer based seizure. Now, this only works on a computer or TV, but I should be getting back to the action anyway.-, And then change the subject. Except that an essay is not a story, and essays about writing essays about writing essays triply so. Of course, in my opinion, if you're going to be dumb enough to write such an essay, your best bet is to break the fourth wall. That means talking (well, writing) directly to your audience, despite the fact that they don't exist within the realms of your writing fnord.The second difficulty in such writing is figuring out what to write after you've started writing. Again, I recommend breaking the fourth wall and going with the flow. You must simply hope that the flow doesn't flow like awolf, which of course is flow spelled backwards, which simply means that if you want to get anywhere, you'd better paddle. Just as metal tubes in the wall imply heating, metal tubes in the wall imply air conditioners. Air conditioners are important, but not quite so much as shampoo. Another possible option is to write asa iff Yu had schizophrenia and had foorgten how to use the backspace ki. Actually, Yu does have schizophrenia. No, he doesn't! I tell yoo he does. No, though he, like you, does seem to have forgotten how to use backspace Ki. Well, so have Yu. Ah, but I know the backspace Chi. Oh. Incidentally, 'Oh' is an onomatopoeia and an interjection, and tubes in the wall indicate Internet.

The final difficulty comes in figuring out how to end your essay on writing essays on writing essays. This is the simplest part, and will often come to you halfway through the middle. Unfortunately, sometimes you will then forget it.