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How Do I Write a Pith.

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Blog's Classical Music Piece: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto      The classical music piece for this blog is Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. I think it fits well with the theme of the blog, which focuses on writing the pith of a story. This particular piece is renowned for its moments of substance and meaning which is in essence the pith of a story.     I have not written a narrative about my life in two years, and now I have to condense my life, dreams, and personality into a 650 word essay. It is getting pretty overwhelming. The last narrative essay I wrote was in 9th grade and I literally put almost zero thought into it. I wrote about a nothing burger that didn't affect me in any way. But because of this, writing these college essays is really annoying.     What I really am having trouble with is how to write a pith(bars). I wasn't even aware of this part of writing until the school year began and now every time I try to write or re...