Expository Paragraphs

Expository Paragraphs Check out episode three of our podcast, No More Beans, for even more great tips on writing essays against a deadline. It's important to limit the time you spend on this, as it is easy to get distracted when Google presents you with copious amounts of irrelevant information. But you'll find your essay easier to write if you're armed with lots of relevant info, so don't scrimp on it either. If you're having difficulty deciding what to write about, try brainstorming around the topic. Over time, I've found that it's also very helpful as a tool to get thoughts going that have become stuck, or to help get to the bottom of a rotten mood. This is a great guide, but people should be aware that these are just estimates. For example, I am currently writing a paper and have 5,000 words, but only 17 pages . Things like paragraph size and headers need to be taken into account as well. My teacher told me that I needed to write an essay that had 2500 words. Write down all the ideas that come to mind and you'll see a theme start to emerge. We wouldn't recommend writing an essay in such a short period of time, but the good news is that 3,000 words in a day is totally doable. Get your head down and you could meet the deadline, and even produce an essay you are proud of. Focus on what’s important, not on things like this. The truth is there is no definitive answer to this question. For example, if the assignment says the writing should be in 10-point font, it’s going to take a greater number of words to fill a page than if the assignment requires a 12-point font. There are instances when you’re given an assignment, not by word count, but assigned by the number of pages. It works well for me, but I know others who don’t do well with it. I think it depends a lot on your personality, but forcing myself to be consistent day in and day out helps me get my books done. “White space” is a wonderful illusion that tells your reader what you have to say is pretty easy to take in. I’ve seen some news articles in which each paragraph is only one sentence long. Many authors use word count as a motivational tool. To help them from getting stuck and editing each sentence over and over again as they write, they choose a minimum number of words they want to write each day. These words may not be perfect and will likely need to be heavily edited, but it gets the ideas down and keeps them from getting stuck on one area of their book. It’s a way to motivate them to get the book done. Without a daily word count, I would never complete them. Can someone explain to me why so many people are obsessed with word count and page count? I feel that’s taking it to extremes, and it can have the opposite effect of making your writing look disjointed. I like to see at least three or four lines to a paragraph, and as an indication, my longest paragraph so far is just 74 words long. Because 750 words is nothing to sneeze at, it's also nice to have an easy way to know how many words you have to go. This site of course tracks your word count at all times and lets you know when you've passed the blessed 750 mark. And it gives you a nice big screen to write on, automatically scrolls as you write , and automatically saves your writing as you go. If you’re a writer, shouldn’t writing well be the most important thing? Why do writers seem to obsess over word count and page count? Is this really something that’s worth complaining about? The important issue is to write the best essay you can, not the length of words. If you’re focus in only on the words and not what you’ve written, your writing is never going to be good. I got marks off for not writing an essay with exactly 2500 words. That’s completely ridiculous but my teacher refuse to reinstate the point she took off because she said 2500 words and not 2498 words. I could’ve just said that my was 2500 words and she would’ve never known the difference. I don’t understand why I’m being punished for being honest.