Possible Essay Topics

1.      Moving my baby sister to college

2.      The first time I left for college

3.      The first time I tried alcohol

4.      Noticing someone hit my car

5.      Being in an abusive relationship

6.      Having to remind my grandmother who I was

 

1.      Last year, my sister was a senior in college, always there, always needing me. It never crossed my mind that before I knew it, she would be off to college, and things would never be the same. My feeling of denial was huge before she left. Weeks before the day came I felt off; I knew she was still home, but the thought of her leaving brought me to tears. The feeling I had when I moved her in, how I was proud, nervous, emotional, and excited.

 

2.      Sleepless nights before I actually moved away. The sob scenes of saying goodbye to my best friend. Saying goodbye to my parents. Feeling trapped in a small room. I would further go into my realization that living away at a college isn’t always for everyone.

 

3.      How guilty and inexperienced I felt the first time my lips touched vodka. My inexcusable actions. My naïve, immature, aspect on life, compared to how I am now.

 

 

4.      Walking out to my car realizing my neighbor crashed into it. Feeling defeated and distraught. The external injury of my car and its affect on me internally. Something I worked so hard for destroyed within seconds.

 

5.      Feeling trapped. Feeling like a puppy that had to beg for attention from her owner. Being young, naïve, and stupid.

 

6.      Having a woman who raised me wake up and forget who I was. Taking care of someone who took care of me at age 15. Continuously feeling like bad news was approaching every time the phone rang. Watching someone I loved suffer until she passed away.

 

All of these situations played/play a big part in my life, whether good or bad, little or big. With time and serious thinking, I could easily develop each one of these topics into pages worth of work. Every one of these scenarios means more to mean than just a written assignment, I could go on forever; which I feel is crucial in creative nonfiction!