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Suggestions on how to be concise when writing essays?



JLee92 2 / 4  
Oct 25, 2009   #1
Similar to many people in high school, I've been struggling with being concise. Whenever I discuss a topic relating with anything- history, literature, current events, i find that I write more than everybody else does, but when I go back to check, I can never find a place to add a period to. After getting my paper back, it would always say "be concise"

My main question is if anybody has any suggestion on being concise while writing.

Notoman 20 / 414  
Oct 25, 2009   #2
I struggle with that sometimes as well. We have an essay due *every* class period for my Government and Politics class this year and each one must fit on one piece of paper (12 pt. font, 1-inch margins). It is *tough* to get it down to one page, but it has really helped me to figure out what is important in an essay and how to extract the extraneous words. When I have to cut words, my verb forms are the first place I look. All of those little helping verbs can really add volume to writing without adding any substance.
Puteri - / 1  
Oct 26, 2009   #3
Hi,

can you please check for my essay. i'm not very good in writing :-(

thanx...
OP JLee92 2 / 4  
Oct 27, 2009   #4
Thanks for the advice Notoman

And Puteri, can you not spam in my thread? Thanks.
EF_Stephen - / 262  
Oct 27, 2009   #5
Conciseness comes when you eliminate adjectives by using better action verbs, as opposed to being verbs, which often require helping verbs. Try writing something--a paragraph, maybe--without a single adjective. Be creative with your verbs. See what a difference it can make.


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