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Possible to do a 7 page essay in one day?
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You still have to put in the work, but it's definitely doable.
If you can, pick something you can write about fairly easily.
You want to basically have the outline worked out in your head already as to how you go about making your argument (maybe write it in the draft paper and fill in each section at first). If you get stuck on something skip ahead to the next part you can easily write about. Once you're done with everything you can write easily go back to the beginning and try to continue with the parts you left off. Then take a break and come back to it in about a hour and revise/expand until you get to something closer to a final draft. Have someone else read it, print out the draft and proofread. Make a final pass after another break.
Quotes are good to pad out content.
If you can, pick something you can write about fairly easily.
You want to basically have the outline worked out in your head already as to how you go about making your argument (maybe write it in the draft paper and fill in each section at first). If you get stuck on something skip ahead to the next part you can easily write about. Once you're done with everything you can write easily go back to the beginning and try to continue with the parts you left off. Then take a break and come back to it in about a hour and revise/expand until you get to something closer to a final draft. Have someone else read it, print out the draft and proofread. Make a final pass after another break.
Quotes are good to pad out content.
This, I did 4 pages in one hour, 7 is nothing.
Yeah its certainly possible, as was mentioned in an earlier post online journals and articles are your friend in this situation. 3000 words should take your 6 or 7 hours. I would'nt advise doing it in the future though. I have fucking end of semester exams next week so I feel your pain.
judgerudge
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Get off GAF and you might just manage it 
Even if you "just write it", you still want to make a couple more passes through it to refine it and improve it.
And I'm not saying you need a waste a ton of time writing an outline, but if you have the rough structure of the paper set you can hop around in the paper to avoid writer's block and wasting time staring at a computer screen.
You're amazed that some people have a different writing style than you? Imagine that!
Black Door
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Done it myself multiple times in school, yay procrastination. (My personal best is speedreading As I Lay Dying in a day, and completing a 4 page essay/criticism on it that night, which was a week late because a snowstorm prevented me from obtaining the book. I still got a B on the paper.)
It will read like a rambling mess though unless you have one hell of an eye or really good sources to build your text around
It will read like a rambling mess though unless you have one hell of an eye or really good sources to build your text around
Ichabod
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I remember having a 45+ page case study assigned day one in my senior year business management class back in my uni days. The professor enjoyed speaking about it like it was some boogeyman. "Start working on it now, because if you wait even one week, chances are you won't finish on time and will end up failing my class," he warned us. Just about every week he would issue another warning and urge us to keep working on that dreadful assignment. Me being the procrastinating bastard that I am, ignored him and spent my time on more enjoyable pursuits. The weeks came and went and before I knew it, the semester was drawing to a close. Suddenly it was Friday and the 45 page (minimum) assignment was due on Monday. That night I finally pulled out all my materials and formulated a plan of attack. Saturday morning I began working and didn't stop until the sun was rising on Sunday. I was exhausted and mentally drained but I had somehow cranked out a 55 page case study. I strode to class to hand the damned thing in on Monday and by Tuesday our grades were posted. Next to my name was a juicey 99.
So yes, totally possible to do 7 pages in one day.
So yes, totally possible to do 7 pages in one day.
Just turn something in, as long as it looks decent on the surface, and is long enough you're probably good.
Spoiler: your professor most likely won't even read the damn thing.
You know how you feel about writing this thing? That's how your professor feels about reading a pile of these essays. He'll skim through them at most.
Spoiler: your professor most likely won't even read the damn thing.
You know how you feel about writing this thing? That's how your professor feels about reading a pile of these essays. He'll skim through them at most.
criesofthepast
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Most I've done is 13 pages in about 36 hours. I got an A.
Was hell though.
Was hell though.
Race to be King
Banned
Do you happen to write for tech magazines?
Get some weed. You'll probably end up with 15 pages.
I've gotten an A on a 10-page written in 8 hours man, and that includes doing the research. It's not that hard if you know what you're going to write. Just don't put it off too long and just plow through it.
If there's time left over, then you should probably edit if you don't self-edit while writing.
If there's time left over, then you should probably edit if you don't self-edit while writing.
The most unbelievable thing about this story is that they scored the whole class' 45+ page essays in one day. That's hardcore.
FrontalMonk
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This man speaks the truth. If you have a good question and some usable sources 7 pages is nothing, but you need to focus on that, and only that. anything else is secondary. Get all your research done (your quotes, citations, etc.) then assemble your basic outline, then just grind that shit out. You got this, OP.
I totally could take that job. I'm already writing bullshit for fun!
I've written paragraphs longer than that, so I think you just missed a zero there.
Absolutely. You just have to know the material you want to write about. If you have your ideas organized then you can bust that out in about 3-5 hours. It depends on how much you procrastinate.
I thought such things were impossible but I typed a 20 page paper in about 8 hours my last semester in college. I got a B+ on that too! It's one of the highlights in my academic career.
I thought such things were impossible but I typed a 20 page paper in about 8 hours my last semester in college. I got a B+ on that too! It's one of the highlights in my academic career.
Davey Cakes
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I've done 10-page A-quality research papers in a day before.
It's doable but you have to be committed.
Then again I already had my sources lines up.
It's doable but you have to be committed.
Then again I already had my sources lines up.
I literally wrote a 4-page paper last night in a little over an hour.
With things like these, I just break it up into sections to make it easier. Take eight hours of the day (if you're not going to do anything else), spend the first hour doing prep work (finding sources, etc.), then spend each of the remaining hours on a page. Usually I find myself taking less than 30 minutes per page, and I spend the rest of the hour taking a break, or I just keep going. If you don't like the page route, break the paper into 500 word sections, and write 500 words at a time until 7 pages is reached.
Some find it hard to jump in and out of productivity, but if you're like me, it isn't too hard. The trick is just knowing what you want to talk about. If you know what you're going to write about, you can just keep chugging along and initial thoughts bring more thoughts. If you're at a lost for thoughts, the paper is going to take much, much longer as you use a sentence-by-sentence approach instead of a paragraph-by-paragraph one.
7 pages ain't bad at all. It sucks, but it isn't bad. Just sit down and do it.
Or you could go the lazy route and see how much not doing the paper impacts your grade, but I wouldn't suggest that.
With things like these, I just break it up into sections to make it easier. Take eight hours of the day (if you're not going to do anything else), spend the first hour doing prep work (finding sources, etc.), then spend each of the remaining hours on a page. Usually I find myself taking less than 30 minutes per page, and I spend the rest of the hour taking a break, or I just keep going. If you don't like the page route, break the paper into 500 word sections, and write 500 words at a time until 7 pages is reached.
Some find it hard to jump in and out of productivity, but if you're like me, it isn't too hard. The trick is just knowing what you want to talk about. If you know what you're going to write about, you can just keep chugging along and initial thoughts bring more thoughts. If you're at a lost for thoughts, the paper is going to take much, much longer as you use a sentence-by-sentence approach instead of a paragraph-by-paragraph one.
7 pages ain't bad at all. It sucks, but it isn't bad. Just sit down and do it.
Or you could go the lazy route and see how much not doing the paper impacts your grade, but I wouldn't suggest that.
ImpassionateGods
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Is 3000 words really only 7 pages? I have a 3000 word paper due tomorrow on a 600 page novel I haven't started yet and usually this would be doable for me but my head's been so empty lately that I'm freaking out. I thought it would be around 10-12 pages so seven pages is a blessing.
backflip10019
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7 pages? I once researched and wrote the first draft of a 25 page paper in one day.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Definitely. Hell you could end up doing more.
The trick is to creating an outline.
The trick is to creating an outline.
God Dayumm
Banned
We should help him by writing one sentence each one of us!1
I'll start...
"Once upon a time, in the 1950s...
I'll start...
"Once upon a time, in the 1950s...
Higgins113
Banned
Nope, 200. Still haven't started.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
NaNoWriMo is a bad source for writing something thoughtful though. Essay isn't simply just putting in words. It's structured, hence suggesting an outline.
I personally dislike the concept of NNWM.
Oh, I understand the difference between that and an essay. But this was the equivalent of 140 (well, 140 pages in a book format, so probably less for an essay) pages. Surely he could do 1/20 of that.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh definitely, seven pages of essay are easy to if you plan out with an outline and already know what to do.
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