Nye was based more on telling a personal novella, as Stone Horse was aimed more towards telling more of an informative story with the small chapter where the author told of their own personal experience. In our own essays which are more person of own experiences, that helped shaped who we are today. That is shown also in Nye, which deals with a more life changing experience verses a day out in the desert. It is an excellent comparison in the different types of personal essays one can take in doing a essay. The experience may consist of year long experience or one day, or even one hour. We can all have life changing experience, and the experience might only take seconds to impact ones whole life.