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When I write an essay I write far too much and have too many ideas. I go off on tangents and then I get very confused when I try to edit, reduce or organize my essay. I’ve tried writing a plan first but then I always want to stray off it as I get new ideas when I write. It becomes a complete muddle. Any essay writing tips people?

Organization is the key word. The link that follows is the place that I tell students to begin with because it not only helps to solidify one’s thoughts on what the paper will be written, but also creates an outline to organize the paper: http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/thesis_generator/thesis_generator.html

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On a lot of my assignments, I have a problem with fitting all my content into the constraints, and lose points.

The assignments (usually essays or papers) are in strict MLA format (which my teacher checks thoroughly — margins with a ruler, etc.). How can I cut down the size of my essay by editing and revising?

look for wordy phrase and try to make them as simple as possible. edit out unnesescary adverbs like really or very.

Our english teacher has assigned us to write an essay.
The problem is, she hasn't taught the class how to write an essay or given us any tips to perfect it.
I can't exactly ask her for help, since we have a holiday break.
Can you please share any essay writing tips?

Thank you.
Good question!

With enough practice, you can become not only a great writer, but an efficient one, too. Efficiency is important because it lets you spend less time writing and more time doing things other than homework : )

Start small - It's easy to take a writing assignment and think about everything you want to put into it. Instead of focusing on the general, larger scope issues in the essay, just think what your main thesis is. For instance, if your teacher wants you to write about the Great Depression, ask yourself if you truly understand what your teacher wants. This is called seizing he question.

Form an outline - While a writing project may seem simple and small, it is very easy to get off track if you do not put thought into how it should flow. Remember the old adage - 'those who fail to plan plan to fail.' In your outline, you want to put in a very brief and simple format what you want in your paper. Start with your introduction, which will have your thesis, and add in every major paragraph your paper will have. An outline might look something like this:

Introduction - "what was the Great Depression?"
I. History
1. Events leading up to the GD
2. Major trends in economics during the GD
II. NYSE Crash
1. Reasons for crash
2. Aftermath
III. Immediate Aftermath
1. Citizen's response
2. Government's response
IV. Aftermath/Help
1. FDIC
2. WWII
Conclusion

Filling it all in - Once you've made your outline, choose which quotes (if any) you want to include in your paper. Decide where those quotes should be by placing them in the correct area in your outline.

Writing it out - Once you have the outline and the quotes, just go through and type up the outline in a more complete format. That format goes as follows:

IV. Aftermath/Help - This sentences introduces the section
1. FDIC - Numbers 1 and 2 'flesh out' the section
2. WWII

Include any quotes you want in your paper in the appropriate sections.

The Rough Draft - Once you have each Roman Numeral section of the paper written, go back and see if it flows well. If it does, write up the introduction and conclusion. The introduction is just a brief statement about the paper. Any introduction should include these parts:
1. What the paper will answer
2. What the parts/arguments of the paper are (the Roman Numerals)
3. A very general conclusion about the paper (optional)
The conclusion should contain the same parts, but in past tense (i.e., 'this paper has shown' rather than 'this paper will show').

The final draft - After you have written up a rough draft of the paper print out a copy and reread it. In the reread, you are looking for grammatical, syntactical or other literacy errors. A proofread is best done by breaking the paper up by sections and reading each section twice before moving on (so you don't speed read through it). Since you've printed the essay out, mark it up circling errors and writing in replacements. Fix any mistakes and you're finished!

I want to make sure I'm thoroughly prepared for college admission essays when the time comes. Yet, at the moment, I'm having trouble getting started on such preparations. Any advice, sites, and general help would be beyond appreciated. If it should make any difference, I'll be a junior for the upcoming school year.

Writing is the predominant source as to express one. In order to write good, you must have a cogent and fundamental basis on the topic and a clear aim of your target audience(s). Polymerizing language, knowledge, professional analysis and personal treatment into your words would be a definite to score the paramount grades.

For a start, expand on your vocabulary. There is alot of lost and underused terminology in the English language. A wide and resourceful use proves your capability in expression and analysis. Read plenty of adult books, historical essays and biographies.

Wish you a good luck in fabricating an extraordinarily magnificient and promient essay.

The other day my teacher had gave us 40 minutes to write an essay.
All of us were handed random topics. Mine was “What is an important rule everyone should live by?”
Unfortunatley I don’t think I did so well.
My mind was so focused on the time. I was sitting there jotting every little idea down while trying to make the paragraph come together and make sense, etc etc.
How can I improve this? I can’t believe that happened to me. I’m a fairly intelligent person, so this is a little bit of a shock.

Read lots, like autobiographies of Great people like Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, Mahathma Gandhi and successful people like Bill Gates etc. U can get the views on life. Practice Yoga, it increases your concentration and power to think. Good Luck.

I love essay writing, I like to combine photos with my essays and want to write and sell my own created essays. Only I don't know if people really buy them.

1./ Is there an interest in essays, do you think people would buy them?

2./ If yes why do people buy essays verses a book?

I understood the question to mean essays as in essays for magazines or collections of essays, not a paper for a course. If I misunderstood, ignore my answer.

Essays are still very much used in periodicals and you can even find a publisher for a collection of essays, though more often than not you would need to have a number already published in periodicals to help generate the interest. If you have a particular take on life you can "suddenly" burst onto the national scene. For instance, Thomas Lynch's book from the late 90s, The Undertaking, is a collection of essays on life and death from the perspective of an undertaker. Like any effective written work, a creative style has to be employed. Some can write prose that flows as well as any poetry, while others may be less poetic but always seems to express a view with an interesting twist.

The addition of photographs to create a photessay is a good way to help. I once did one project for 2 classes in college, combining photographs from my photography class with theory and opinion from a sociology course to create a photoessay on body art. That particular essay was more expository but also tried to find an interesting way to make the points I wanted to make beyond simply making a statement and citing an example. In that case the photos were directly tied to the text. In more creative forms of photoessays, the photographs are often more subtly attached to the text, setting mood and feel moreso than illustrating a point.

So yes, essays are still bought and quite often in book form. At any given moment one of the books I am reading is usually a book of essays or short fiction, for times when I want short, focused reading.