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kemon:
literally nothing happens week 1. it's easy to miss.
Dliessmgg:
--- Quote from: Jeans on 09 Mar 2010, 06:25 ---My only real problem with the first two is that I have to boil down like crazy
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I wish I had that problem. When I had to write four page essays in high school, it was generally between 2.5 and three pages long. Now I have to write one of 8-10 pages for philosophy and I don't know how I'm supposed to fill those pages.
Metope:
The more you read beforehand and the more you prepare yourself, the easier it gets. For my lit class last year I had serious problems writing five pages in three days about a book I barely read through and didn't give a shit about, but for my art history exams I usually write 12 - 15 pages in four hours (those exams are in handwriting, I'm not that good). Also remember it's usually not about how much you write, but what you write.
Elizzybeth:
What really took me from a "struggling-to-get-to-the third-page" writer to a "goddamn-I-can't-get-this-down-to-seven-pages" writer was the realization that every point I make / source I bring in / example I cite needs to be (1) introduced and connected to what I've said so far, (2) explained, (3) analyzed, (4) connected to my major point(s) in terms of the overall progression of the paper, and (5) related to the stuff that comes afterward. That's development.
And it makes it really easy to fill space with meaningful stuff that isn't just fluff.
Of course, reading a bunch and preparing and whatnot helps too, but it's not everything.
Dliessmgg:
--- Quote from: Metope on 09 Mar 2010, 10:07 ---The more you read beforehand and the more you prepare yourself, the easier it gets. For my lit class last year I had serious problems writing five pages in three days about a book I barely read through and didn't give a shit about, but for my art history exams I usually write 12 - 15 pages in four hours (those exams are in handwriting, I'm not that good).
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We were always able to choose from five or so topics, so yeah. YM usual preperation was paying attention during class and going the stuff through again the days before.
--- Quote from: Metope on 09 Mar 2010, 10:07 ---Also remember it's usually not about how much you write, but what you write.
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That's why I didn't fail high school.
--- Quote from: Elizzybeth on 09 Mar 2010, 11:06 ---every point I make / source I bring in / example I cite needs to be (1) introduced and connected to what I've said so far, (2) explained, (3) analyzed, (4) connected to my major point(s) in terms of the overall progression of the paper, and (5) related to the stuff that comes afterward.
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I'm writhing that down, but it might be that some of that stuff happened automatically.
THanks for the help.
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