Yes, I am obsessed with this option for the essay on Paper 1. It's a great choice! You can write in a chatty and relatively informal style, don't have to worry about plot or dialogue, and the topics are usually ones you would have first-hand knowledge of.
This blog post by Lauren Conrad (apparently she was on TV. I'm old. I don't know these things) is a great example of how to approach the 'give advice to readers' style article. In the post, she gives general advice on how to get on with room-mates. Pay attention to the common-sense approach and her use of a list structure. She hasn't written anything that you're not well able to emulate.
http://laurenconrad.com/blog/post/ladylike-laws-the-roommate-rules-etiquette
This blog post by Lauren Conrad (apparently she was on TV. I'm old. I don't know these things) is a great example of how to approach the 'give advice to readers' style article. In the post, she gives general advice on how to get on with room-mates. Pay attention to the common-sense approach and her use of a list structure. She hasn't written anything that you're not well able to emulate.
http://laurenconrad.com/blog/post/ladylike-laws-the-roommate-rules-etiquette