Need Advice for Writing Secondaries

[respectedmadman]

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I understand that there’s a rule against recycling content from your primary, but what if you’re building on experiences? For example, if a secondary asks me about my exposure to osteopathic medicine, I have to discuss an experience or two from the primary.

How do people normally handle this?

Thanks!

 

[Cornfed101]

Ideally, you are showing with stories instead of telling. In the primaries, there is only really room for one good story per experience. I just used a different story when writing secondaries and talking about the same activity. The key is that it needs to be fresh and will contribute to your narrative.

 

[respectedmadman]

Ideally, you are showing with stories instead of telling. In the primaries, there is only really room for one good story per experience. I just used a different story when writing secondaries and talking about the same activity. The key is that it needs to be fresh and will contribute to your narrative.

That makes a lot more sense, thank you!