Many students have been asking for more concrete direction regarding the personal essay. I put together a document that answers frequently asked questions. I hope it helps. Let me know if you have any questions.
https://drive.google.com/a/fhps.net/file/d/0B0ndMsFKkNibcTNOenc1V1RNY0lwZFlFMm55MTQwU2NQdkl3/view?usp=sharing
Also, I found the following to be a very useful article about the creative process and visualizing the personal essay informative: https://www.creativenonfiction.org/online-reading/picturing-personal-essay-visual-guide.
You can find many of the personal essays referenced in the above article on-line.
Like here: http://www.psych.utah.edu/psych4130/Berry_W.pdf
And here: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~facoba/readings/cofer.htm
And here: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/06/24/the-fourth-state-of-matter
And here: http://grammar.about.com/od/classicessays/a/strtwoolfessay_2.htm
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