An essay is a written composition that is designed to present an idea, propose an argument, express emotion or initiate debate. The central objective of writing an essay is to convey ideas to those who will read the essay. We are often required to write essays as we advance to higher academic levels. As we advance higher, our essays get more complicated and detailed. Many times we will be stuck on an essay topic and lag behind. Timed essays will add an entire additional layer of difficulty and it’s expected to panic under pressure. To overcome this, we need to know beforehand the guidelines to follow to write an essay fast and efficiently without it losing its quality and purpose.
Firstly, put away all your distractions and focus on your end goal. “The more you devote, the less you distract.” The last thing you would want in such situations is to unintentionally blow away a large chunk of your time on some random website while doing your research. Keep away from social media websites and only use those which might be helpful for your essay writing. If you are in a hurry and are in panic mode, calm yourself and be positive as being stressed would make it even harder to concentrate and think of ideas freely.
Secondly, be crystal clear about the topic or question on which you will be writing your essay. Make sure to read the question multiple times and understand its meaning completely. Focus on the right words and comprehend what the question is asking you to do.
Planning the contents of your essay is crucial. Even if it takes quite some time to plan the general outline of your essay, it will save you lots of time later when you are writing the essay. This is because knowing what you are going to write in advance will fasten the process of writing. So, start by organising your ideas. Try flowcharts, mind maps or similar diagrams; write your topic, plan a sequence and fill in the main content in short sentences in the boxes. Summarise what your essay is going to be about and write it down so that you don’t drift away too much from the question.
Now that you have a rough outline of your essay, each of the main topics you included in your flowchart or outline will become the body paragraphs. Start by writing paragraphs for each of your boxes of the flowchart you just made. Don’t stress too much about grammar and just write what you know about the topic after doing the required minimal research on the topic. The main aim is to present your argument, support it the best you can, and end the essay cohesively in not more than 30 minutes. You should try to write as much as you can for each topic you are including in your essay, according to the word limit, and support each one with the necessary examples. If you are adding references be sure to add them simultaneously on another page as you are writing your essay.
An additional tip is that you can write your title, introduction and conclusion at the end as writing them after having the general idea of what your essay is all about would be much easier. This will also prevent the chances of having to rewrite the essay just in case you drift away a lot and would like to change the topic of your composition. Make sure that your introduction is refreshing and compelling as well. The introduction to your essay is the most influential and notable part of your essay. Hence, it should be able to grab the attention of the reader. So, spend some time thinking of how to achieve that. You can state facts, use quotes or make up an imaginary scenario in the minds of the reader. Write your title at the very end and try to relate it to the question as much as you can while trying to keep it original.
The conclusion should summarize the views presented in the body of the essay. The last sentence in the conclusion paragraph should convey that your essay has come to an end.
Being in a tight spot might tempt you to copy and paste from the internet but doing this will only put you in trouble as today, through the vast amount of tools and tricks the internet offers, it is very easy for someone to catch plagiarism. So, it’s better not to take any unnecessary risks and try to write our essays on our own.
Lastly, proofread your essay quickly and fix your grammar, punctuation and spelling and go through the essay a final time to ensure that everything flows well.
If you apply these techniques when you are writing your essay you will certainly be able to meet your deadline and get your essay done much faster and efficiently.
By: Sandra Rosa Prince
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