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Become a Better Writer in One Day: An Academic Writing Guide
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Become a Better Writer in One Day: An Academic Writing Guide

Learn 5 Paragraph Academic Essay Writing Structure, Simplified Research and Response Essay Planning Strategies, and More
Last updated 5/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Simplified approach to tackling academic, research, and college admissions essays
  • Academic writing essay structure: paragraph word count, thesis, opening and closing sentences, etc
  • Essay planning strategies that help overcome writer's block
  • Advanced essay planning strategies

Course content

3 sections8 lectures1h 7m total length
  • Academic Writing: Sentences7:10
  • Writing Reflection
  • Sentences Quiz
  • Academic Writing: Introductions and Conclusions5:33
  • Introductions and Conclusions Quiz
  • What's Your Favorite Food Outline Excercise
  • Academic Writing: Body Paragraphs4:36
  • Body paragraph Quiz
  • Mastering Outlining and Academic Writing: A Real-Time Demonstration23:01

    In this lecture, I demonstrate in real-time how to create an outline and write an essay for the 'What is your favorite food essay.' Listen and watch carefully for writing tips not covered in other lectures.

  • Write your 'What is your favorite food and why do you like it' essay.
  • Academic Writing: Research and Response Essays12:30
  • Research and Response Essays Quiz
  • Response Essay Practice

Requirements

  • Readiness to improve writing abilities for personal, academic, or professional development
  • Willingness to try new writing strategies like "write your introduction last"
  • Interest in learning the basics about academic, research, college admission, and scholarship essays

Description

Hi my name is Howard. Thank you for stopping by my course landing page. You’ve probably noticed that this course is much shorter than other writing courses. The fact is, many of us will find it difficult to dedicate 3 or 4 hours to taking a course on writing with all our other responsibilities and commitments. This course focuses only on key issues that many writers face and quickly presents solutions for overcoming them. Think about it like reading a summary instead of an entire book. Sure, the book may have a lot more details, but the summary captures the main points.

For example, many writers get stuck on the first sentence of an introduction, or they may start writing a body paragraph then lose their chain of thought. This course guides you through planning and writing essays. When you take a few minutes to plan before you start writing, you are less likely to become stuck. See, just practical, easy-to-follow instructions that will help you overcome writer’s block and become unstuck.

The popular writing prompt, ‘What is your favorite food and why do you like it,’ is used to take writers from the outline creation stage of essay writing to the first draft of a five-paragraph, five-sentence essay.

This course also introduces writers to the research essay. Just the name, ‘research essay,’ may sound intimidating. Luckily, this course walks you through each step of the planning and authoring process.

An updated downloadable makes it easier to take your essay planning and writing offline. You will find the blank templates invaluable when writing your essays.

Get ready to learn basic grammar and punctuation, essay outline creation, essay planning, and writing in a few easy-to-follow steps.

Who this course is for:

  • Busy learners who don't have time to spend on a 3 or 4 hour writing course
  • Beginner writers who want simple, practical advice on improving writing skills
  • Learners studying to earn a high school equivalency diploma or pass a writing exam
  • College students who want an edge in essay structure