Hermit Crab Essays

What is a hermit crab essay?

I read a story in Chestnut Review that uses this technique.

https://chestnutreview.com/cr_v4_n1/how-to-use-your-fathers-lawn-mower-yasmin-nadiyah-phillip/

by Yasmin Nadiyah Phillip.

Here's more on the topic:

http://www.thewritingaddict.org/2019/02/how-to-write-hermit-crab-essay.html

The Writing Addict's advice, though, is for non-fiction.