How I Improved My Essay Writing Skills

How I Improved My Essay Writing Skills

I can’t count the number of essays I’ve written over my entire college career. Starting from my entrance essay to the last few I wrote for my graduate studies, I must’ve written hundreds of thousands worth of words put together in essay format just to get through my college education. I can say that I was lucky enough to have a slight penchant for writing, but essay writing wasn’t always easy for me. You can easily tell how much I’ve improved my writing as I spent year after year writing more challenging material and putting in actual effort to truly become better at writing essays. There are three simple things I did to improve my essay writing skills, and I guarantee that doing them can help you improve yours.

Read more:

You might have heard it before. If you want to become a better writer, you’d have to read more. The key to this, however, is to not just read anything you find interesting. Sure, it’s better to read something than nothing at all, but to get better at writing, you need to read literature that will help sharpen your vocabulary skills. I made sure I read classic literature along with some contemporary literary fiction to help my brain get used to different writers’ styles and compositions.

Write more:

The best way to get an essay done is to get it started. To improve my essay writing skills, I wrote as much as I could. Even though I didn’t have any essay assignments, I wrote in my journal. I wrote down my thoughts. I composed letters. When I did have essay assignments in college, I took them seriously. I devoted the time and true mental effort to write the best that I could. And each time after I’ve finished an essay, I made sure I took the time to edit my own work and correct any mistakes I’ve made and caught on my own. These mistakes might be grammatical or mere spelling errors. Regardless, they still need to be checked.

In addition, I made a true effort when it came to my essays. I chose topics that not only made sense but also were interesting. Outlines became my best friends; they allowed me to have a clear vision of my writing’s direction. It’s easy to lose sight of the topic when writing. Outlines helped me keep my focus and my essays straightforward. Another thing that I took seriously was research. I researched every topic I ever wrote on with interest and intent. You can easily read when someone’s made up something on an essay. Researching my topics well allowed me to write with ease given the knowledge and even possibly expertise that comes about with researching any topics.

Get critiqued:

Finally, the most important thing I did to improve my essay writing skills was to have my work critiqued. At first, it wasn’t always easy to accept criticism of my work, but it helped to have a second or third set of eyes read through my essays before I turned them in for grading. It allowed me to see my writing from other people’s perspectives and also see how I could improve based on what other people believed to need improvements. My friends and family did it for the most part, but I also went to other students who were majoring in English or those who tutored in writing. Even successful writers need editors.

In the end, the effort I put forth early on helped me with writing essays that were much more complicated and dense. All it took was a little bit of commitment to get better. Much like with anything else, it takes work to be the best at something. By reading more, writing incessantly, and getting my work edited and critiqued, I became the essay writer I aimed to be – one that many of my college peers envied.

Conclusion:

In short, the key to success is how frequent you write and how much you pay attention to the quality, like get it proofread by someone. The more you write on variety of topics the more you will improve your essay writing skills. Another key factor is the Time-management. A comprehensive high-quality essay written in days has no worth as it will lose the purpose you are writing for, that is, the earning. So, be time-efficient, for this is the only way you can do more in less time and make money. Otherwise your opportunity cost is much better than spending time on this. In a nutshell, the above guidance will for sure help you as well as it did in my case, provided you act upon this fully.

Arizona State University. You can say that this college tends to be in the news a lot. Well, this news that just came out is pretty crazy. We’re not even going to explain any further as we will let the video below explain. Guys, don’t send pics to girls, or this will happen!

 

Everyone loves raves, I mean – there’s something enchanting about loud beats, drugs and girls wearing high socks and underwear. Some of us, however, love raves more than the average festival goer. Meet Jax – he is the MVP of EDM and dedicates his lifestyle to traveling the world and attending different raves. On one of his travels to Belgium, he had a bad trip at Tomorrowland and for 9 hours he was stuck in a video game of his own fantasy land. He endlessly ran through different festivals as he jumped over obstacles and had to beat the clock to stay hydrated. When Jax finally woke up he was confused as fuck – was he real or still a video game character? He told his friends about his trip and they thought it was hilarious and wanted to recreate the game in real life. So, he developed Rave Run. It’s an infinite runner that takes you through mainstream festivals like Coachella, Ultra and EDC. He even created a bonus level that’s a spin-off of his wild trip. Travel through the stage sets, but watch out for the smoke jets, stereo speakers, and mushrooms that pop up in your way. Send your highest score to [email protected] and we’ll give one lucky ass winner 2018 VIP tickets to EDC to party with Jax.

Nervous about making new friends after moving back to college this fall? What if there was a way to start meeting fellow students right now before the semester starts? Spotselfie is the app that allows you to do just that!

 

Simply create an account, select your college, and use your device to scan the area around you. By harnessing the power of Augmented Reality, users are instantly surrounded by selfies posted by others from your college, like stars in the night sky. Tap on a selfie to connect, make new friends, and build relationships all before you set foot on campus in the fall. There is no limit to the number of selfies you can post. Be creative. The more… the better!

You can also tell people more about yourself by answering a set of 16 fun questions, ranging from your personality to activities to emotional baggage (if you have any, which you don’t, wink-wink). Create your own unique color code to share and compare with friends. You can even search people based on a percentage match to your color code.

With more and more people meeting online these days, this app seems like a no brainer. Why wait to get on campus to meet people when you have all summer to do it? Bring your campus to you this summer with the Spotselfie app. Spotselfie is available at both the App Store and Google Play. So many new people are waiting to meet you. What are you waiting for? Pull out your cell phone and download SpotSelfie!

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