Although I was an English Honors Major in university, I never really liked writing essays, and I know exactly how you feel. One trick that worked for me was to “take a position” on the topic itself, and “defend” or “argue” about it in your essay. It could be the most boring topic given to you by your professor or teacher, but if you take a “stance” and argue about it with facts to support your position, you actually start getting into it, and you will eventually develop an interest for your essay. Think of yourself as a defendant or a prosecutor as you compose your essay, trying to convince your teacher how well you can support your facts and defend your hypothesis. Your essay is your “baby” so to speak, and treat it as your great creative work. You are like a detective doing research, and you are aiming to convince your teacher of how good a detective you are in your writing. That’s what spurred me on to write essays, and it got me through 3 years of old English, Victorian English, and Modern English courses! Lol. Good luck.