Shitty First Drafts

When writing any essay, I always start by estimating its lengths, in other word, the number of page that I have to reach for it to be consider satisfactory. While quantity doesn’t necessary correlates with quality, this first thought helps me to visualize my writing goal. Having a clear and concrete goal allows me to better persevere when doing such an assignment. After I have an estimate of the number of pages that I need to write by doing a brief research on the topic, I move on to the content of the essay. My standard format for an essay usually consists of 3 sections First off, I start with an introduction to the subject. My first instinct when writing an introduction is to insert a relevant event, either current or historical, to properly show the significance of the essay topic. Afterward, there is the body of the essay, where I write the interesting facts and arguments about the subject. When I write this part, I always divide it into differents sub-paragraphs, each containing an unique idea, fact or argument. While they won’t have the same degree of relevance to the topic, meaning that some will be very significant to the subject while others will only have a slight connection, I always make sure that each sub-paragraph has more or less the same length and have any repetition. Writing this way create an overal balance that makes the reading experience much more pleasant. Finally, I finish with a conclusion that summarizes the main points of the essay and my own personal opinion about the subject, if I haven’t already done so. This 3-steps approach to writing an essay is how I normally do it. I rarely do a draft of the essay either since I feel that it is much easier to go with my creative flow and write as the ideas come. However, I only start writing once I have a plan ready.