When I sat down to compose my narrative essay, I actually thought quite a bit how I wanted to organize and tell my story. My initial sketch was plainly chronological as I was merely trying to get my thoughts onto the page. However, because my story is about the ending of a relationship, I knew that my readers might want a bit of context or back-story to truly get a feel for the emotional instability that I was experiencing. I truly wanted my audience to glimpse why I was so conflicted.
To (hopefully) accomplish this, I thought that I could write about a few other milestones in our relationship prior to the big finale. I wanted the ultimate focus to be on the break up, though, so I figured that I could utilize a series of flashback-esque snapshots to encapsulate those moments. I chose to open my essay by placing my readers right at the beginning of the tension, when I tell my significant other the infamous phrase, "We need to talk." Not only would this set the stage for what I would be telling a story about, but it would also create a drama that most of us are familiar with regarding that phrase. After setting the scene, I delve into how the relationship began, how it developed, and how it began to deteriorate, and after a brief moment of reflection from the now narrator to explain partly why I think I stuck around so long, I shift back into the narrative.
My greatest worry with composing an essay on this topic is that it would come across as cliche and generic, so I tried to make it more memorable with my organization and combination of the then and now narrators. Certainly my story is not unique... I'm sure there are countless others who have experienced a similar type of break up, but I felt that a story like this had a complexity worth writing about.
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