now that all parts of the essay have been presented step by step, does writing an essay on your own feel more achievable? why? or why not?

Writing an essay on your own is better because you can express your values or display the ideas in your mind which can catch the readers attention. You can think about many things which will help you to gain marks if this is asked in a test. First of all they are giving you tests to understand what you understood in the lesson, if you copy from somewhere else it might help you to get better marks but it will reduce your practical thinking skills and it will help you to develop a negative human value called cheating. So in my point of view it's better to write on your own rather than copying or having someone write it for you.

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

the correct order is:

you're your own worst enemy:

they're going to say what they say, but

their opinions aren't holding you

back. it's your self-defeatist

attitude that's keeping your work

from getting its due.