The College Essay Experience

When I viewed the assignments and realized that I would have to write 6-8 page papers I was less than thrilled. When I was in high school the most we ever wrote was 750 words and I had to fill those papers with tons of fluff to fulfill the paper requirement. Luckily enough the first essay prompt was all about important life experiences. It was easy for me to flesh out all of my ideas because they were critical to making me the person that I am today. The revision of that essay was more difficult because it felt like I had to cut important pieces of my life that didn't "fit" with the rest of the essay. I thought, "How can anyone truly know who I am without reading [insert experience here]?"
But I cut what I could and I fleshed out the paper with some more detail on some of the other experiences that I had in my paper and some that I didn't. At this point I was very worried about the second paper because I felt like I would have to falsify a large amount of the information. Pre-writing, although I didn't do a whole lot, was my best friend in this paper. I sat down and wrote significant experiences in my reading and writing past and then added a few points on why they were significant. I kept that as my outline while writing the second paper and the ideas seemed to flow so nicely to create a complete, well-rounded essay.
In paper three I intend to create a fiction story. While working on the last two papers I became more aware of sensory details in my writing and that is going to be immensely important in this upcoming story. I also have to keep in mind the lessons I've learned about drafting. I must keep writing and fleshing out my thoughts before I begin revision. My watcher will be shut down at all costs.