Preparing for an Essay

By Jaimee Woods


The best writers cause it to appear as if producing an excellent essay is very easy. The common assumption , however , cannot be any farther from reality. Writing is no so easy thing to do, nor it is an one-time big-time achievement where you can gather all your resources and focus all your energies on writing an impressive paper in one night. The best literary masterpieces have taken one or two years to complete. A school essay should take at least a few days.

What do you do during all of that time? You've got to prepare to write an essay. Quite often, students just start to write down whatever comes to mind without thinking of the finest way to present their heedful of jumbled ideas on paper. The 1st part of the writing process, the pre-writing stage, should be able to address this issue.

But even prior to starting thinking about what to write, there are basic preparations you have got to undergo. Writing is essentially an intellectual task, so you need to line up an environment that is conducive to exercising your thinking and communication talents. This implies you can't be open to friends coming over for pizza if you decide that you are going to work on your essay today. And turn off your iPod in the background. You may be unable to think properly if you have rock music blasting from the stereo speakers.

Next, ensure you comprehend exactly what your professor would like you to write. In some case, you will be free to choose your own topic for your essay. More often , however , you are given precise instructions to elucidate, apply, compare and contrast or do other tasks your professor would like you to do. Understanding what your professor wants as well as understanding the people that are most probably going to read your essay is the 1st preparatory step to good essay writing.

It is also the sole springboard to conducting research that is useful and efficient, which is the second step to writing an essay. Having a single necessary question to resolve in your essay helps you cut down your research to only the resources that are related to your topic.




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