Media essay help.
I hope no one minds my asking, but I didn't know whether I was allowed to ask for help in such a community, yet I'm really at my wit's end (though that's far too melodramatic, I imagine) and I can't think of anyone else to ask.
I'm supposed to be writing a media essay for a piece of coursework that is important to my exams. There is a vague topic for it (mainly 'does the media encourage young girls to conform to the image of being thin/pretty') but it is fairly changable and as long as the essay is convincingly written, we're allowed a certain amount of freedom. The brief we were given was 'opinionated essay' - like an editorial for a magazine or something.
So, there's me thinking: 'great. A somewhat informal essay. An essay I don't have to quote passages I've read fifty times over and over again, an essay where I get to write what I actually think!'
But.
I can't do it.
It's really, really irritating. I consider myself to be a fairly good writer. Not especially amazing, but not bad for my age. I at least expect to have something to say for myself, seeing as I can never seem to shut up (proof: this entry). But, as I say, I can't. I've sat down to write it several times, now, and nothing seems to work. I try a punchy beginning, follwed by a narrative sort of anecdote, but then I don't know where to go. I try a quote from a magazine cover, then a sceptical rhetorical question, but I don't know where to go. I need a structure, but I also need a very strong bolt of inspiration.
Please, please, if anyone can help me, I would really appreciate the advice.
Thank you for your time, I'm now going to go and watch Spooks to distract myself. Huzzah for procrastinating!
I'm supposed to be writing a media essay for a piece of coursework that is important to my exams. There is a vague topic for it (mainly 'does the media encourage young girls to conform to the image of being thin/pretty') but it is fairly changable and as long as the essay is convincingly written, we're allowed a certain amount of freedom. The brief we were given was 'opinionated essay' - like an editorial for a magazine or something.
So, there's me thinking: 'great. A somewhat informal essay. An essay I don't have to quote passages I've read fifty times over and over again, an essay where I get to write what I actually think!'
But.
I can't do it.
It's really, really irritating. I consider myself to be a fairly good writer. Not especially amazing, but not bad for my age. I at least expect to have something to say for myself, seeing as I can never seem to shut up (proof: this entry). But, as I say, I can't. I've sat down to write it several times, now, and nothing seems to work. I try a punchy beginning, follwed by a narrative sort of anecdote, but then I don't know where to go. I try a quote from a magazine cover, then a sceptical rhetorical question, but I don't know where to go. I need a structure, but I also need a very strong bolt of inspiration.
Please, please, if anyone can help me, I would really appreciate the advice.
Thank you for your time, I'm now going to go and watch Spooks to distract myself. Huzzah for procrastinating!