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Tips for writing longer papers

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InlineFour

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how do you people pull a 20 page paper? i've honestly never written anything more than 10 pages, and that's with a lot of quotes. how do you do it? any tips?
 
Originally posted by: InlineFour
does reading a lot of books, thus broadening one's vocabulary, have anything to do with the length of a paper?
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I doubt it, though it may make you a better writer.
 
Originally posted by: thirtythree
Originally posted by: InlineFour
does reading a lot of books, thus broadening one's vocabulary, have anything to do with the length of a paper?
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I doubt it, though it may make you a better writer.
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that reminds me of what my english teacher said, "i can't make you good writers, but i can prevent you from being bad writers." becoming a good writer takes hours and hours and is something you develop over time i guess. 🙁
 
Start early finding facts that you can quote and support your ideas. Write daily for at lease 20 minutes a day. Even if it is taking a quote and elaberating on that topic.
 
I've always found that sitting down and writing as much as I can in one sitting is the best way to go. Otherwise, I forget what is where, what I've written, and so on. I wrote my masters thesis (75 pages) in one night and it only needed one revision. Shortly thereafter, I wrote a 10 page article and it had to go through many revisions. Maybe it's just me, but there it is.

Oh, and the secret ingredient: a case of Dr. Pepper and a couple bags of Nacho Cheesier Doritos. 😀
 
Originally posted by: CycloWizard
I've always found that sitting down and writing as much as I can in one sitting is the best way to go. Otherwise, I forget what is where, what I've written, and so on. I wrote my masters thesis (75 pages) in one night and it only needed one revision. Shortly thereafter, I wrote a 10 page article and it had to go through many revisions. Maybe it's just me, but there it is.

Oh, and the secret ingredient: a case of Dr. Pepper and a couple bags of Nacho Cheesier Doritos. 😀
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yum, 75 pages. how can professors read that many pages, especially with the amount of students?
 
Originally posted by: InlineFour
Originally posted by: thirtythree
Originally posted by: InlineFour
does reading a lot of books, thus broadening one's vocabulary, have anything to do with the length of a paper?
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I doubt it, though it may make you a better writer.
Click to expand...

that reminds me of what my english teacher said, "i can't make you good writers, but i can prevent you from being bad writers." becoming a good writer takes hours and hours and is something you develop over time i guess. 🙁
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It does. I suddenly decided I want to be a writer a couple months ago (well, I'd thought about it in the past). I've been reading as much as possible and maintaining a blog of essays and short stories and such. I have soooo far to go 🙁 I'm also taking some writing/English classes next semester, so that should be good. Ha ha!
 
Originally posted by: InlineFourprofessors read
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I wouldn't really call it reading.

It is as best skimming and most likely reading the first paragraph, looking at the stack, saying it looks like 75 pages, and giving it a grade.
 
Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Originally posted by: InlineFourprofessors read
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I wouldn't really call it reading.

It is as best skimming and most likely reading the first paragraph, looking at the stack, saying it looks like 75 pages, and giving it a grade.
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so the chinese folklore may actually work. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: InlineFour
how do you people pull a 20 page paper? i've honestly never written anything more than 10 pages, and that's with a lot of quotes. how do you do it? any tips?
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One thing is to be as detailed as possible. Most starting students lack putting in any kind of detail, which is likely due to lack of experience in writing papers. You can't leave holes, else that's where your prof is going to zero-in on you and mark you down. Don't ever assume the reader can read your mind; fill in the blanks for them.
 
Originally posted by: InlineFour
Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Originally posted by: InlineFourprofessors read
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I wouldn't really call it reading.

It is as best skimming and most likely reading the first paragraph, looking at the stack, saying it looks like 75 pages, and giving it a grade.
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so the chinese folklore may actually work. 🙂
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I'm just practicing writing extra fluff 😛
 
Attack arguments against your point of view. If it is simply informative, choose a broad topic and develop it thoroughly including background surrounding the actual event.
 
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