How To Write An Essay: Three Simple Hacks

As a university student, you are inevitably going to be asked to write an essay or two for class. This is especially true for English classes, but it can apply to any courses that you may take in higher institution.

I have a whole page devoted to academic writing assistance because I know how much writing is a part of the educational process.

Over the past three years that I have worked as a writer online, I have learned some quick tricks to speed up writing times considerably.

I can write a 1,000 word academic essay in half an hour if I don’t have to research it, and I can finish it in an hour if I have to cite my resources.

How do I do it? Follow the tips below and you’ll find out how to write an essay like a Pro!

How To Write An Essay and Save Time

1.  Use Keyboard Shortcuts

One of the easiest ways to save time when you write is to get familiar with your keyboard.

There are tons of little shortcuts you can use with your keyboard alone, and every one of them can shave seconds off your essay writing time.

I use keyboard shortcuts every hour of the day, and I know they help me cut off at least an hour in my day because of how much I write.

Who knows how much time they could save you?

Here are some of my favorite keyboard shortcuts:

• Backspace: Go back to previous page on web browsers
• Ctrl+A: Select all
• Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Shuts down computer or pulls up task bar
• Ctrl+B: Bold in text editors, bookmark in web browsers
• Ctrl+C: Copy
• Ctrl+F: Find
• Ctrl+H: Replace in MS Word and other text editors, history in web browsers
• Ctrl+I: Italicize
• Ctrl+N: New window
• Ctrl+S: Save
• Ctrl+T: New tab in web browser
• Ctrl+U: Underline
• Ctrl+V: Paste
• Ctrl+X: Cut
• Ctrl+Z: Undo
• Tab: Go to the next section of a form on a web browser

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There are tons of others out there to choose from, but those are the ones I find myself using most often.

You can test them out for yourself, and you will soon see how much easier they are to use than any other writing option.

2.  Write Everything at Once

Rather than writing part of an essay, reading it, and editing it before you start on the next part, you need to get all of your thoughts out at once.

I am writing this entire article in one swoop, and then I will go back to checking for typos and what’s not when I’m done.

I’m about nine minutes into it now without stopping, and I know I would have spent twice that amount of time or longer if I had to stop to edit while I wrote.

If you get all of your thoughts out at once, you can allow your brain to pump out information like it would for a conversation. That is going to save you a ton of thinking time in the end, which is half the battle of writing essays.

3.  Use Auto-correct

The auto-correct option on Microsoft Word can be your best friend when you want to save time in your writing.

It can correct typos that you make on a regular basis so you don’t have to worry about editing them every time.

You can either manually set your auto-correct options or you can right click on a red, misspelled word to set the options from there.

With the right amount of corrections built in, you can easily shave hours off your writing time in the future. Explore your computer thoroughly and learn how to use it to your advantage. You’ll have a much easier time writing that way in the future

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• How to properly format the preliminary pages of a project report

Have any thing to add to the list? please do so in the comment as your contribution is much welcome.