Learning Skills
Essay Writing
The essay writing process
Yes. There are a number of steps students need to work through. Click each step for a detailed explanation.
The Essay Writing Process
Each step is important. However some students do not pay sufficient attention to the steps of question analysis, planning and editing. Perhaps this reflects insufficient time being allocated to the assignment task as a whole. Poor question analysis may result in a well-written essay but one that doesn’t address the question asked or goes off on tangents. A lack of planning often results in a poorly structured essay, which is hard for the reader to follow. Failure to edit an essay results in poorly presented work containing unnecessary errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation.