Photo via aan00b.xfire on Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYou didn’t mean to procrastinate, but other things just kept getting in the way. And now you feel like you have to make a choice\u2014either write a couple of awesome paragraphs or try to write the whole essay quickly, if a little sloppily, just so you can have a complete paper by the end.<\/p>\n
Is the anxiety setting in yet?<\/p>\n
Well, don’t go into full crisis mode just yet. Contrary to the saying, there are ways that you can have your cake and eat it too. I\u2019m here to show you how to write an essay fast and<\/i> well.<\/p>\n
While I’m not promising that my methods will deliver an essay in less than 30 minutes, I will tell you that they can streamline your writing process so you don’t have to waste precious minutes on unnecessary tasks.<\/p>\n
Why You Should Know How to Write an Essay Fast and Well<\/h2>\n Writing skills that enable you to write quickly while still maintaining quality don’t just come in handy for the situation I described earlier. There are tons of situations which require you to know how to write an essay fast.<\/p>\n
Maybe you didn’t procrastinate. Maybe you’re just a perfectionist\u2014so much so that it inhibits you from feeling truly done with your essay.<\/p>\n
Maybe it\u2019s an in-class assignment or essay portion of a test, in which case there\u2019s usually little to no real preparation time before you know what you’ll be writing.<\/p>\n
You could have had computer problems, a family emergency, a mound of other schoolwork, a tornado, an alien abduction, a battle to the death with ninja pirates\u2026<\/p>\n
Okay, maybe not those last few, but you get my point. There are countless reasons good, quick writing skills can come in handy.<\/p>\n
Overall, the strategies I’m going to show you can help you so that you’ll have more time to do other things while still remaining confident that your quality will be at its best. It saves you stress and gets you back to those ninja pirates in no time.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s not to like about that?<\/p>\n
Strategies for Writing a Great Essay Fast<\/h2>\n There are several strategies for how to write an essay fast and well, but you need to do what works best for you. I\u2019ll give you a few pointers. Feel free to use all of them or just a few. These are guidelines, not rules to live by.<\/p>\n
The Biggest Trick to Quickness is Preparation<\/h3>\n A known fact among chefs is that preparation is the key to quick service. They pre-cut, pre-wrap, and pre-measure everything that they use in advance so that when they do need a certain ingredient, it\u2019s already there, waiting to be used.<\/p>\nPhoto via White House on Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn order to learn how to write an essay fast, take a lesson from the chefs.<\/p>\n
Before You Read<\/h3>\n If you’re writing an essay on something you read\u2014say Shakespeare\u2019s Romeo and Juliet<\/i>\u2014do a little pre-reading research. Perform a quick Google search on the play\u2019s major characters and themes.<\/p>\n
Then it\u2019s time to break out the highlighters. Use pink for the theme of love and orange for the theme of fate. Use blue to mark important actions of Juliet and yellow for Romeo. Any color combination will work as long as you’re consistent.<\/p>\n
If you don’t like writing in your books, you can always make annotations<\/a> on color-coded notecards. But isn’t there something beautiful about nicely highlighted text?<\/p>\nNo? Just me then\u2026 anyway.<\/p>\n
You might ask, \u201cwhy am I doing all this work?\u201d<\/i> Well, those themes and characters probably have a good chance of showing up on an essay prompt. If you\u2019re allowed to reference your book or notes during the essay, all of the important parts will be shouting at you from the page.<\/p>\n
If the essay is for a test or in-class assignment where you have to draw from memory, this tip can still save you time. Taking notes while reading will get you more engaged with the text, which can help you remember what happened better.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, taking notes will allow you to find better support for your essay in less time.<\/i><\/p>\n
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