A Little Bit of Everything

Do you know what you want to say in the essay yet? Sometimes one hangs fire at the start becuase one is trying to figure out the openning sentence. If that is the case just start with the second sentence and tell yourself you'll come back later for the first. If you're having trouble comining up with a topic, take a timer and set it for either an hour or a half hour and in no particular order or system scratch down on a pad every idea that comes to your head, whether it's valid or not. After the time goes, take a little break, an hour or so, and look through what you scratch down. Something should catch your eye as an idea. And then start working it.