Essay writing is a demanding skill. An essay is not just a part of academic writing, but an important skill that has relevance in the education sector. Essay writing is a process that involves various steps like understanding of the topic, general or specific information collecting and most importantly the writing technique.
One may find it difficult to focus on essay writing technique because essay is not just a page full of sentences. Moreover, an essay of 1000 or above words may make you feel monotonous.
So here are the best tips that would indeed help you focussing on writing the essay :
Understanding of the topic
Essay topics should be always the priority before starting the essay. Generally what happens is, one reads the topic and hastily starts penning down the sudden sentences that come to his mind. That’s not the way. Firstly, read the topic analyse the topic from all dimensions for few minutes and pen down seperately the subtopics.
This would prevent leaking or forgetting of any important part to be mentioned in the essay. Also, when ways are made, writing becomes focuses and convenient.
Framework
As stated above, one cannot just start jotting down words related to the topic of the essay, a well organised framework of the main points and paragraphs is needed for a better insight in focused writing.
For example: if the topic of the essay is Air pollution, think about it, then pen down the basic framework or points that revolve around the topic. Say, Definition, causes, impacts, how to curb air pollution? , individual steps to reduce air pollution. If this step is followed, writing becomes smoother and easier. Also from the wide angle, no dimensions are left.
Information of the topic
One should always have in mind that there is
no need of deep research , however, genuine and common information should be placed so as to add value to the essay.
Reading habit
A person who reads better can definitely write better. So give yourself time to read different articles, books, essays etc. This would not just give you basic writing technique Or ideas but would also boost your grip on any topic.
Research
Always have this in mind that essay do not require deep research on specific subject like a research paper. So avoid in depth analysis or research because going deeper and deeper would bore you immensely because at the end of the day, essays have word limit and you cannot concentrate every information in your essays.
Simple words
It is a myth that using large and difficult words adds standard to the essay. The truth is that the easier language and simpler words you will use, the more comprehensible your essay becomes. In terms of standard, a good essay has a mild numbers of lavish words. Using simple words is a better option.
Paragraphs
After the framework is prepared start adding description to the subtopics. Adding all the points or sentences of one dimension in one paragraph makes the essay organised and splendidly clear. Paragraphs in an essay should be organised to highlight a better understanding of that topic.
Questions
Essays should be written in a way that should arise curiosity and interest in the readers. So starting with question in essay would make it more relatable.
For example : if the topic of the essay is Women Empowerment, you can start with the opening question : Do you think women of this century are lagging behind men?
Questions like this add relevance to your essays. Moreover, framing questions would help gain focus of what subject you are writing on.
Formulate your thoughts and ideas
Essay topics that ask you to share your flashback or experience or imagine should be handled carefully. Nevertheless,these topics are among the easiest one. Focusing on these require creativity and unique minds.
Picture based approach for narrative essay
Suppose you are given an essay topic – A counter with a ghost. So you can start writing on it by first imagining a scene relevant to the topic in your mind. Like you are going by road at late night and suddenly you hear someone’s footsteps and you get afraid. So when someone will read this, he would get the exact picture that you imagined. Moreover, this approach would make writing essay a task of enthusiasm, ultimately, boosting your focus.
Essay writing is an art, the more you practice of writing it in different ways, the better focus you get on the essay topics.
By: Divya Pandey
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