Leap

Okay. So the next essay I chose is Brian Doyle's "Leap." I think that this may be one of my favorite creative non-fiction essays.

This essay while rather short, also achieves power. How does an author do this? Well whatever Brian did, Brian does well considering he has been published several times. What lessons can less advanced writers take from Mr. Doyle?

The of the biggest things that I noticed that Brian Doyle did was pick a topic that is close to his target audience. As the editor of the Portland Magazine of the University of Portland, his audience tends to be college students attending school in America.

Brian Doyle chose a topic that would be close to his audience. He chose September 11, a date that most of his audience would all remember pretty clearly. His audience probably remembers some of the effects of this date as well.

Sad as it may be, however, September 11 seems to be fading into a history book much like the date of Pearl Harbor has. Brain Doyle manages to engage his audience anyway. First he uses specific details like the pink mist. This detail makes readers a little sick to the stomach as this essay should. He also chooses to portray simple love that his audience can relate to. The holding hands couple seems to reach through the essay and pull in the audience through their innocent act of love.

Brian Doyle's essay is simple and yet powerfully effects those that read his work.