We’ve all been there. Sitting in classroom on the first day reading the class outline. There it is. The long essay that is due at the end of the course, and worth half of your grade. Do not worry. Help is here. By using these essay writing tips, you will not need to stress about this ever again. Time and energy once wasted on stress can now be used to make your essay terrific.

Choose a topic. Writing a paper when we haven’t had help with essay writing, can be seriously overwhelming. Everything appears to be jumbled up in our head. This is the time to apply step one; choose a topic and commit. Figure out what you want your essay to be about. Once you have your topic, the rest of your essay will be used to support it. Choosing your topic will give you direction.

Brainstorm ideas and write them down. In order to produce an interesting essay, there must a decent amount of creativity involved. The best way to get creative in writing is to brainstorm. Think of everything you know that is related to your topic and write it down. The key is to write as much s you can within short time frame. You will not have to use everything you have written down, in your essay. Remember the goal of brainstorming ideas is to get your creative juices flowing. Once you have written down an adequate amount of ideas, you can choose which ideas you will use in your essay.

Create an outline. Creating an outline of your ideas before writing an essay is an essential step to writing a successfully. Once you have an outline,  your paper will be a cinch. Your outline does not have to be detailed or even written in full sentences. It is just the framework of your essay, containing the main idea, ideas and information that support of your main idea and a conclusion. You may choose to create a more detailed outline.

Applying the above 3 steps of writing an essay will lead to a successful writing project. Once you have a good plan of attack for writing, the energy wasted on worrying can be used for creativity. Choosing a topic, brainstorming and creating an outline will help you “knock it out of the park”!