I’ve written enough compare and contrast essays to know that most students approach them backward. They start writing immediately, thinking they’ll figure out the structure as …
I’ve written enough compare and contrast essays to know that most students approach them backward. They start writing immediately, thinking they’ll figure out the structure as …
I didn’t understand what an exploratory analysis essay was until I stopped trying to write one the way I thought I was supposed to. That’s the …
I’ve spent the better part of a decade reading essays. Not the kind you find in The New Yorker or Harper’s, though I read those too. …
I’ve been staring at this question for longer than I’d like to admit, and I keep coming back to the same uncomfortable truth: I don’t have …
I’ve spent the last eight years writing essays, reports, and content for various publications. Not all of it was good. Some of it was genuinely terrible. …
I spent three years grading essays before I realized most students had no idea what they were doing with dialogue. They’d throw a quote from a …
I’ve spent the better part of a decade teaching writing, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that comparison essays confuse more students than almost …
I’ve read thousands of essays. Not an exaggeration. When you spend years teaching, editing, and reviewing student work, you develop a peculiar sensitivity to the moment …
I’ve been editing essays for nearly a decade now, and I can tell you with certainty that most people approach it backward. They finish writing, read …
I’ve spent years wrestling with this question, both as someone trying to write coherently and as someone who reads a lot of writing that misses the …