how i trick my brain into writing essays

how i trick my brain into writing essays Real, genuine long-form essays take space and time to ferment. I start an essay with real fervor, and months later, realize I either lost the plot or need to let it sit. Sometimes it's because I haven't quite processed/determined where the piece is going, or because I'm not ready to write the rest of it——I haven't lived out enough of my life to know how some pieces end. This is true of my poetry and fiction too. Most of my stories published in the past...