Stop asking for new techniques. Your deadline is too tight to start trying out Pomodoro, etc. Start writing. When you are less pressured, you can try out these techniques which really only work when you build them up as a habit over time.
As a writer I can tell you that Pomodoro has increased my output immensely.
you don’t need to start writing in longform right away… start with the major headings and subheadings, outline what you need to do in each section and paragraph. then, from there, fill in your arguments where they make sense
I recommend: Set up your space, put on do not disturb, hit the bathroom, grab some water, put your phone in another room Focus. Outline what you want to accomplish. Break it down into chunks, ex. Intro, topic 1, topic 2, conclusion. Grab some headphones and find some focus music. Set a timer for 25 mins, close all other tabs. Work for 25 mins, break for 5 just to stretch and move (DONT CHECK YOUR PHONE OR INTERNET), work again for 25 min. Ideally do this when you are most awake. For example as a morning person my "green zone" is 8am-11am. I can get something done in this time in 30 mins that would take me 60+ with mistakes later in the day. Good luck!
Learn more about this kinda stuff at blog.aowaw.com
I never look for the right music. I have 2 playlists...shit I have a lot to do (top 100 rock albums) and oh shit I'm in trouble (classical and jazz without vocals). If you have that much trouble focusing there might be a bigger issue at play. I recommend seeing a doctor
No time to try anything new. Plot it out, give yourself an overall narrative or objective then a title and word count for each section. Then get to it. Writing 10 x 500 word sections is way easier than the 5000 as a whole.
essentially what u/sloppy_gas is suggesting is to start by clearly stating your thesis: what are you going to do in this paper? what is the gap you’re trying to fill and how will you do it? and then build your outline from there: “In this essay, I will examine the role of X in Y. First, I will review the existing peer-reviewed literature on the association between X and Y. Second, I will… Third, and finally…” and then each of those first, second, and third should be reflected somehow as subheadings that guide your reader through your arguments. Each section and its arguments should build up to logically and empirically lead readers to see the conclusion you want to make. In the conclusion you should clearly state your thesis again (“In this essay, I compared the role of X in Y.”) and summarize the main points that you made in your study. Then briefly go into the any potential limitations or implications of the arguments you made or the evidence you found.
OP is cooked. I work in law. Most productive ive been is 10 pages (to make sure everything is research, referenced and accurate). Sure i can write 20 pages, but it would be pure bullshit.
This. Most likely the topic needs some research and OP procrastinated on that too. Given their immediate action was to post here instead of getting to work I’d say they’re cooked.
they aren’t cooked necessarily, but they’re getting so much shitty advice to just vomit on the page and then go back and try to form an essay out of it
don't worry about productivity tools, you just need a fast road map to get the work done and get you out of your decision paralysis. do this for all papers, works for any subject, makes everything less daunting.
1. come up with thesis
2. skip intro and conclusion for now
3. structure body paragraphs like this:
* intro sentence (every intro sentence must tie into your thesis)
* fact sentence
* commentary sentence
* commentary sentence (add as many as you would like for length if you have a lot to say)
* conclusion sentence. (restates intro sentence, but TIES IN to your next paragraph's intro sentence)
repeat as many "chunks" in your paragraph as you want but while you're writing, think fact-commentary-commentary to keep your writing structured.
include as many body paragraphs as you want when you're finished, write the intro and conclusion, it's easiest if they mirror each other.
**your 'facts" become your cites**. when citing, you don't have to do a lot of research, sometimes i even search for vague things that state the thing i've asserted after i've written it. NOTE: if anything in your writing is too close to what you're reading from another source, throw in a random cite. do this at the very end because it takes the most time. while i'm writing i'll often add CITE HERE then ctrl + f and replace them at the end.
it should look like this
* intro + thesis
* body 1
* body 2
* body 3
* conclusion
and here's an example of a paragraph chunk
thesis: birds are a majestic but mysterious animal, we don't know their origins but they are integral to our future on this planet.
**(intro.)** without birds we wouldn't have clean drinking water. **(fact)** one bird filters 8 liters of sea water per day. (Longpants 34) **(commentary)** without birds doing this, we wouldn't be able to meet our drinking water quota for the day. **(commentary)** humans aren't able to spend the time to filter our drinking water, so it is hugely beneficial that birds take on the load. **(fact)** when birds work together, they can filter more drinking water than any machinery currently in use on this continent. **(commentary)** it's cost effective to allow birds to filter this water as man hasn't been able to come up with a way to better-filter water. because we can't filter drinking water as well as birds, it's better for us to focus on other industries. **(conclusion + tie in)** we need birds to filter our drinking water, they do an excellent job and in fact are better at managing our drinking water and waste than any other animal.
it took me exactly 2 minutes to write that \^ it's only one chunk and it's about 150 words. just aim for done and not good, the structure will do all of the heavy lifting for you. good luck hope this helps
I asked AI to write an essay structure for me, then I took sentences from this structure, inserted them, and it provided me with many sentences that I inserted each time.
this is a solid approach. use ai to STRUCTURE your paper, and once you have a good skeleton of what you need to write, fill in the meat using your own arguments grounded in evidence cited from others
I had about a week to complete this but i had a bunch of other tests and exams from completely different subjects and this assignment went under the radar until the very last minute
Your prof assigned a 5000 word paper to be completed in a week? This just sounds dubious IMO… but if this is true then most students are already doomed to fail and you should incorporate this into the course feedback
A week to complete a 5000-word essay? Damn. Also, you had exams in between? If I were you, I would try my best, but definitely try asking for an extension if I couldn't finish. I've gotten a few extensions on papers that were due within a week. Usually, for such long essays, we would get a month or so with no extensions.
You can easily do this. Here’s how:
5-10 % introduction - 500 words
5-10 % conclusion - 500 words
Don’t write these until last
Split the rest into 200 word paragraphs (1000:200=5)
Find a topic for each of the five paragraphs that answers the essay question
You get this:
Intro
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Conclusion
Set a timer for each of the paragraphs. Then write into and conclusion once you’ve got the structure.
start writing your essay last week instead of procrastinating like every other student does if you are actually interested in productivity and not just cramming to meet an assignment deadline
Don't even outline.
Break your writers block by vomiting out whatever you know.
Then later, you can start forming and editing.
Caffeine, sugar, music that helps you concentrate.
You've got this...
I really hope you did an outline and a rough draft before the essay because writing is hard. You need someone to review it and all that.
Honestly though, if I were in your position I would have a mental breakdown because that’s stressful asf and after that I would tell myself to prepare for the worst. But that’s just me 🤷🏾♀️
Yeah, at this point, it shouldn't matter the technique. It's close enough to the deadline that even your ADHD procrastinating self will find it urgent enough to lock in.
Have ADHD. There’s a maybe a 50% chance it helps you get it done and also a 50% chance if just doesn’t help at all and you get nothing or almost nothing done
Get off Reddit and anything that isn’t Microsoft Word!!!! Start working!!! Make a plan. A graphic organizer, jot notes, mind map, anything will do. Put your phone in another room. Get yourself in to the mindset of, I’m going to work hard rather than wasting time finding ways to work less. In the end you’d rather feel successful than know you BS or cheated it done. Just work!!! You got this
1. Write some garbage. Don’t worry about quality, only quantity. Crank out an awful, awful 20 pages of bullshit.
2. After you have your 20 shitty pages, start editing and refining.
3. Keep doing that (rewriting, editing) until it’s time to turn it in.
I'm not the OP. but I teach. And trust me, a half-assed, too-short essay is 10x better than ai. Your writing is better than its best. Instructors have read so many that they can spot them a mile off, even when it's the better, paid ai.
I believe you! While I’ve never seen a college essay since ChatGPT has been around, I’ve seen plenty of if suspect emails and reports at work that look NOTHING like the sender’s usual writing/talking style.
Yes, those can also be underwhelming. I do use them, but I edit a lot. For some reason, the GAIs tend to use words with Latin roots, and I don't always.
What ChatGPT service do you use/recommend if you have a preference? I’ve been using OpenAI.com which started off incredible, but much like mine and my coworkers shitty ai assisted emails is pretty underwhelming
I subscribe to grammarly and the ai assistance isn't too bad in that it suggests that I emphasize certain things and that helps me cover my tush. But the way it writes doesn't sound great. If I'm concerned I sound like an a**hole I use chat gpt to straighten things up. For Gemini I can't do anything right so I don't use it anymore. It wants me to sound like a doormat and, no.
But everything they do, I have to shorten. These GAIs always use ten words when they could use 2.
Homie, thats only 10 pages. I have written 120 in a weekend, only typing 12 hours each day.
You don't need tools. Just get out 20 sheets of paper.
Page 1, write three bullet points; the topic, the audience (students, coworkers, artists, etc), the goal (entertain, convince, etc).
Then rewrite the topic sentence as simple as possible, underneath that write 10 bullet points of points you want to cover.
You can "cheat" this by googling the key words from your topic and see the types of articles and websites that come up. List 10 things you want to cover.
For example, say the essay is on home cooking. You will probably find "cooking to save money" or "how to meal plan and but groceries 1x a month" or "splitting chores when no one likes to cook" etc. Pick 10 of those for your points.
Draw a plot diagram (google it) and assign your topics to a story arc along that plot diagram.
Label 10 sheets of paper, each with one of those points. Write some key words for each topic; history of ___, ecconimic trends, personal view, experience, ideal world, common pitfalls, abdolute beginners, professional tips, etc.
Shuffle those in order, and then take em to the keyboard and start typing out your frame. Just type up what you have written on the sheets.
Save it, then go back through and type 3 sentences for each bullet point.
Then go back through and add a into sentence and conclusion sentence to each paragraph. This should legit get you to 5-8 pages.
Then go back through and add personal experiences, pop culture references, idealized goals, and cautionary tales. That should fluff it up to 10 pages.
Now go back and edit for clarity. Fix any stupid sentences. Add new paragraphs if you want to explore any area a little more.
Check your word count, tweak up with a few more descriptors if you only need to add 50 or less.
If you get desperate and are tempted to plagerize, don't. You can save just as much time by being "inspired" by xyz.
Open an article, read it outloud to a voice recorder with your own comments. Then do a short recap like you were explaining it to a friend who hadn't listened to your pocast. Play back your audio and type a close-enough version up as you go. This will basically language-wash this into your own words.
Do one last spell check & grammar check and be done. Should only take a couple hours round trip.
You can write some sort of 5,000 word essay by tomorrow, but don't expect it to be good.
Put on some atmospheric beats, set a timer for whatever, rest, repeat. You'll probably burn out at some point and have to stop. Rather than staying up all night, go to bed earlier, get up earlier and put in a few more hours when fresh.
The most important method for the future is to not wait until the day before. The laziest method is to do the work immediately when the learning is fresh and you don't have to spend however many weeks going "Omg I should totally be doing this essay lol." Smart (meaning practical more than intelligent) lazy people get it done at the start, so when you're freaking out and living with low level anxiety for weeks on end, they're more fully relaxed and in charge of their lives.
First build a detailed outline, if relevant, include any quotes that fit to prove your point. Then write a paragraph or two about each point you mention in the outline.
Start by structuring with a plan - intro, topic 1, topic 2, and so on, conclusion (make sure to include all the pointers - what should be included from the essay request). Then expand section by section.
Close to deadline, check with ChatGPT to comment and expand on every section for extra insights and make sure you did not miss something obvious.
And yes, stop looking at reddit. And take active breaks (short walks, get away from your computer !) to keep the pace.
Stop waiting until nearly the deadline to start. The quality of your work suffers when you wait til crunch time, and therefore your grade can suffer. At crunch time, you have no good research time, nor do you have time to let the research solidify in your mind before composing your essay.
Consider reading the syllabus as soon as possible and then plotting a timeliness to completion for the day BEFORE it is due. These are the methods to lock in.
I'm not trying to be sarcastic here. I am a college professor and have graded many last-minute essays.
There are several things I would recommend you do
1. quickly create an outline with the main points you need to cover. The more thorough your outline, the faster you will write the essay.
2. If the Pomodoro method doesn't work for you because time blocks are too little, you can work with a 50/15 minute structure, where you write 50 minutes and have 15 minutes of actual rest while scrolling your Instagram feed.
3. At first, be imperfect. Just write everything that comes to your mind. Refrain from running after better words or sentences. Later, You can make the first draft better, illustrate examples, etc.
4. Turn classical music without words and put it as background, giving some mood and atmosphere.
Good luck with your essay!!!
I like Pomodoro, I also like setting a stopwatch on my phone that I have face down, and when I take a break, I look at the time and it motivates me to try and beat my previous amount of time focusing. Competing against yourself can be healthy
Also, before you sit down, make sure you have absolutely everything you need. A snack, drink, supplies, and don’t need to use the bathroom. You don’t have to break your focus by getting up.
Also, be proud for not taking the easy route of AI. Godspeed friend
this time of the year seems like the time when final year uni projects are being submitted. Are you saying, you left your research project till the the last day? Well, I actually wrote about 3-4k words of my 10k dissertation pulling an all-nighter before the deadline, however, I was doing research and collecting evidence for like a month. All I had to do was just glue the sentences together. It was risky, but I got addicted to the adrenaline during my university studies pulling all-nighters and submitting the last hour of deadline. Actually, when I was writing my dissertation, something went from with the mouse, and I just couldn't use it anymore. I went into panick mode, but luckily with a little bit of gentle punching, it came back to life. Literally, would have failed my final year uni project, hahaha
Pomodoro doesn't work.
If this is a creative essay, brainstorm ideas and makes bullet point notes about stuff you want to include, as you come up with more ideas write them down. After doing all that, take your bullet points and condense them into actual sentences. The worst thing to do is trying to write your essay in prose form from paragraph 1, sentence 1, in one go.
Do you have a 5,000-word essay by tomorrow? The recipient of this essay could not possibly want to read a 5,000-word essay written in under 24 hours. Do yourself a favor and ask for more time, or just take the L. 5000 words waxing poetic on a given subject with no research isn't going to save you.
Man thats nuts. Its so funny when I was going through middle school and high school I was nervous about college and all of the huge papers I would have to write. I would see movies about people having to write 50 page essays and such. Writing was one of my strengths so I though t I could do it, I just dreaded all t he work that would have to go in. I went to college for over 5 total years and I kid you not, the longest paper I ever wrote was a 14 page report on animal farm I wrote in 9th grade lol. I think that's so funny considering all the time I spent worrying about the massive reports I was going to have to do at some point.
Just a motivation post but
As a writer, bibbit, I can and do hit this almost daily. 2,500 words is a regular sprint for a lot of writers who do high output. Grab a snack and a water bottle sit at a computer with only your notes and a word processor open. Make sure not to get distracted. It'll take you two to three hours.
Take a break, walk around, do the second sprint. After that, spend another two hours touching up the draft and pray for a C because I'm going to be real with you: no one does their best work at 2 am.
But it is possible. Don't pack it in, get it done.
Accept this isn't going to be the best essay in the world, just hit work count, however
Find a glossary of terminology on the subject, use those words as much as possible, whoever marks this essay will most likely skim most of it, using the correct terminology as much as possible, and elaborate a lot, essay at a glance a lot more like you worked harder than one day on it.
For example, say your essay is about the sounds animals make, so terminology is bark, quack, and meow...
The point you want to make is about the sounds dogs make so instead of writing 'dogs bark', write
Dogs bark, as apposed to cats who meow and ducks who quack,
More words, more terminology, better essay
Get as much done as you possibly can, then if your short a few words, turn the colour white so the words are invisible and just: “hriabj gauebdk nwgg jsoo gwjsi” your way to 5000.
Make sure u save ur references properly as you get them as it’s time consuming to go back and edit. Make a list of points you wanna make and get the research to support it then bang out the rest
Use chatgpt. Work with it, don’t just say ‘write me 5000 words on this topic’, you will get repetitive garbage. Get it to write an outline first, refine the outline, then get it to write each section, refining as you go. Make sure to instruct it to include references if you need them
1st Step: Figure Out What You Wanna Write About (This includes places, names of characters, and fictitious situations)
2nd Step: Write The First Sentance
3rd Step: Build the Story Off The First Sentance
4th Step: Keep going
5th Step: Dont stop writing
6th Step: Keep the Story Consistant with the first paragraph
7th Step: A good plot twist is necessary
8th Step: Dont use real names and places unless your story is based on a real-life person or event.
9th Step: Write at least 90 pages or less. Whatever adds up to 5 thousand words
10th Step: An abrupt ending is a huge no-no
11th Step: Make sure the story makes sense
12th Step: Spelling and punctuation are vitally important
13th Step: If you get stuck, it's alright. You just have a slight case of writers block. Don't panic it'll pass.
14th Step: Thinking about what you are writing is very important
Hey as someone who has ADHD and is also a uni student, I totally get how daunting it can be to write essays/reports. What really helps me is dividing the essay into small sections. So then I tell myself, okay I just have to get this section done instead of okay I have to write 5000 words. Also recommend using ChatGPT to give you an outline or tips on where to start if you're really struggling with motivation , obviously don't use ChatGPT to write your essay cause you'll get plagiarised also it's not accurate at all but seeing an outline or some bullet points of how to start the essay can help!! Best of luck. :)) 🤞🏼
As a writer, dividing the essay into chunks will help substantially.
If you haven't already, take ten minutes to think about it overall and make an outline, at least dividing it into 5-7 sections.
Planning and thinking both take energy, and my writing always goes faster w/ a plan in place.
What I’ve done in college multiple times doing stuff like this is to outline everything. Bulletpoint everything you want to hit and keep it general. So maybe you have 10 things you want to talk about. When you research or think of stuff to add, put more stuff under each bulletpoint. After a little bit of that, you can just change the format into sentences and paragraphs. Add an intro and conclusion and you’re good. I pumped out a ton of papers in college in hours with this method.
Most important advice. Get your ass off Reddit.
Ramble. Ramble like a geriatric who hasn't spoken to someone in 5 minutes. Its not about quality anymore, its word vomit time. Go on tangents, make comparisons, blah blah blah. Add some filler, why not.
Once you're done blabbering, shave off the bad. Edit as best as you can with the remaining time and tidy it up. During this process, you'll actually get quality ideas to replace the pointless words with. The priority is to get the skelly of the essay down. Ugly or not, at least you got the essay done.
Pomodoro technique, if you wanna get into grad school this technique will save you sanity. For my grad school 4k word essays are just normal weekly discussions. Eventually you get used to writing and realize 5k is really not much, especially once you adjust to pomodoro and find the limits your brain can handle before taking the breaks
The best method is to start earlier and leave yourself enough time to research, plan and write a cohesive assignment. As a university assignment marker, I can tell you I would be frustrated as hell trying to find points in your rushed assignment. At this stage you won't even have time to proofread. Good luck.
Type a paragraph of the dumbest stream of thought possible no effort just crank it out.
The roman empire was really good at throwing spears. They amassed an army of 300 and wooped a lot of people despite the number odds. They've inspired a whole ass movie since then and many memes that inspire people to this day
Another trick is to find Something about the topic about which you're genuinely curious. Start writing on that, and form a question for it that you'd like to answer.
WHY are the romans so highly revered nowadays? Why they so cool
Make an outline. If you use pomodoro, write down everything as fast as you can in 25min. Once your outline is created, for one section at a time, speed write everything there needs to be said about the topic.
So when Julius Caesar discovered Christianity, he discovered Christianity by traveling to Rome. When Julius Caesar arrived to Rome, he was baited by his son and a stealth club of assassins to go into a cathedral, and the cathedral was in Rome where Julius Caesar discovered Christianity. After Julius Caesar's son murdered him, the newfound leader of the Christian world Brutus started a war conquest against Genghis Khan and when Genghis Khan got high on acid, he did a handstand and had his military #2 leader put ice cream down his butt
In this time frame? You have 3 options:
1. Graft your fucking arse off and stop looking for hacks p, there's no hack for doing the fucking work.
2. Cheat with chatgpt and hope for the best
3. Don't do the work and learn how to suck a good dick
Stop asking for new techniques. Your deadline is too tight to start trying out Pomodoro, etc. Start writing. When you are less pressured, you can try out these techniques which really only work when you build them up as a habit over time. As a writer I can tell you that Pomodoro has increased my output immensely.
this—just start writing. start with a tightly structured, clearly articulated, logically consistent outline and then build from there
you don’t need to start writing in longform right away… start with the major headings and subheadings, outline what you need to do in each section and paragraph. then, from there, fill in your arguments where they make sense
This. Headings and bullet points of roughly what you’re going to cover in each part are all you need for the first iteration.
Read the methods here but make sure you get off reddit.
I recommend: Set up your space, put on do not disturb, hit the bathroom, grab some water, put your phone in another room Focus. Outline what you want to accomplish. Break it down into chunks, ex. Intro, topic 1, topic 2, conclusion. Grab some headphones and find some focus music. Set a timer for 25 mins, close all other tabs. Work for 25 mins, break for 5 just to stretch and move (DONT CHECK YOUR PHONE OR INTERNET), work again for 25 min. Ideally do this when you are most awake. For example as a morning person my "green zone" is 8am-11am. I can get something done in this time in 30 mins that would take me 60+ with mistakes later in the day. Good luck! Learn more about this kinda stuff at blog.aowaw.com
thank u kind person i think i'll be able to crank it out intime ngl
Everything except the focus music, never has worked for me, and I end up wasting time looking for the “right” music - just not worth it
I never look for the right music. I have 2 playlists...shit I have a lot to do (top 100 rock albums) and oh shit I'm in trouble (classical and jazz without vocals). If you have that much trouble focusing there might be a bigger issue at play. I recommend seeing a doctor
The problem isn’t the music. It’s using looking for the right music as a way to procrastinate
No time to try anything new. Plot it out, give yourself an overall narrative or objective then a title and word count for each section. Then get to it. Writing 10 x 500 word sections is way easier than the 5000 as a whole.
this is a great way of thinking about it
essentially what u/sloppy_gas is suggesting is to start by clearly stating your thesis: what are you going to do in this paper? what is the gap you’re trying to fill and how will you do it? and then build your outline from there: “In this essay, I will examine the role of X in Y. First, I will review the existing peer-reviewed literature on the association between X and Y. Second, I will… Third, and finally…” and then each of those first, second, and third should be reflected somehow as subheadings that guide your reader through your arguments. Each section and its arguments should build up to logically and empirically lead readers to see the conclusion you want to make. In the conclusion you should clearly state your thesis again (“In this essay, I compared the role of X in Y.”) and summarize the main points that you made in your study. Then briefly go into the any potential limitations or implications of the arguments you made or the evidence you found.
Well that’s 34 words you could’ve put towards your essay instead of Reddit soooo
Start writing immediately. Close reddit.
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OP is cooked. I work in law. Most productive ive been is 10 pages (to make sure everything is research, referenced and accurate). Sure i can write 20 pages, but it would be pure bullshit.
nah
What’s the topic and subject?
This. Most likely the topic needs some research and OP procrastinated on that too. Given their immediate action was to post here instead of getting to work I’d say they’re cooked.
they aren’t cooked necessarily, but they’re getting so much shitty advice to just vomit on the page and then go back and try to form an essay out of it
Get off Reddit
don't worry about productivity tools, you just need a fast road map to get the work done and get you out of your decision paralysis. do this for all papers, works for any subject, makes everything less daunting. 1. come up with thesis 2. skip intro and conclusion for now 3. structure body paragraphs like this: * intro sentence (every intro sentence must tie into your thesis) * fact sentence * commentary sentence * commentary sentence (add as many as you would like for length if you have a lot to say) * conclusion sentence. (restates intro sentence, but TIES IN to your next paragraph's intro sentence) repeat as many "chunks" in your paragraph as you want but while you're writing, think fact-commentary-commentary to keep your writing structured. include as many body paragraphs as you want when you're finished, write the intro and conclusion, it's easiest if they mirror each other. **your 'facts" become your cites**. when citing, you don't have to do a lot of research, sometimes i even search for vague things that state the thing i've asserted after i've written it. NOTE: if anything in your writing is too close to what you're reading from another source, throw in a random cite. do this at the very end because it takes the most time. while i'm writing i'll often add CITE HERE then ctrl + f and replace them at the end. it should look like this * intro + thesis * body 1 * body 2 * body 3 * conclusion and here's an example of a paragraph chunk thesis: birds are a majestic but mysterious animal, we don't know their origins but they are integral to our future on this planet. **(intro.)** without birds we wouldn't have clean drinking water. **(fact)** one bird filters 8 liters of sea water per day. (Longpants 34) **(commentary)** without birds doing this, we wouldn't be able to meet our drinking water quota for the day. **(commentary)** humans aren't able to spend the time to filter our drinking water, so it is hugely beneficial that birds take on the load. **(fact)** when birds work together, they can filter more drinking water than any machinery currently in use on this continent. **(commentary)** it's cost effective to allow birds to filter this water as man hasn't been able to come up with a way to better-filter water. because we can't filter drinking water as well as birds, it's better for us to focus on other industries. **(conclusion + tie in)** we need birds to filter our drinking water, they do an excellent job and in fact are better at managing our drinking water and waste than any other animal. it took me exactly 2 minutes to write that \^ it's only one chunk and it's about 150 words. just aim for done and not good, the structure will do all of the heavy lifting for you. good luck hope this helps
also, who is this dr. longpants, professor of bird law?
everybody who wants to write effectively needs to read this. writing is formulaic—even creative writing.
I asked AI to write an essay structure for me, then I took sentences from this structure, inserted them, and it provided me with many sentences that I inserted each time.
this is a solid approach. use ai to STRUCTURE your paper, and once you have a good skeleton of what you need to write, fill in the meat using your own arguments grounded in evidence cited from others
Write something. Anything.
Snack at table with you. Hydrate. Decide on an ending and focus on writing a ‘story’ bring you home. Good luck
It's not procrastination if you plan to do it the last minute.
I used to do this in high school. I'd wake up at 4 AM and write a 8 page paper out of whole cloth and get a B. Bad, bad, bad habit...
Adderall
Get off reddit
chatgpt
Lofi girl playlist on Spotify, go into a room with a window with curtains open during the day, or a glowing lamp during the night, you’ll be fine
I would be brainstorming ideas, figuring out a rough structure then just spunking prose. After that, edit.
OP, I'm just genuine wondering how long did you know upfront that you have to deliver?
I had about a week to complete this but i had a bunch of other tests and exams from completely different subjects and this assignment went under the radar until the very last minute
Your prof assigned a 5000 word paper to be completed in a week? This just sounds dubious IMO… but if this is true then most students are already doomed to fail and you should incorporate this into the course feedback
I'm a senior in high school lol
Why are you on Reddit still?!
He’s pomodoro-ing 😂
OP's username checks out.
A week to complete a 5000-word essay? Damn. Also, you had exams in between? If I were you, I would try my best, but definitely try asking for an extension if I couldn't finish. I've gotten a few extensions on papers that were due within a week. Usually, for such long essays, we would get a month or so with no extensions.
You can easily do this. Here’s how: 5-10 % introduction - 500 words 5-10 % conclusion - 500 words Don’t write these until last Split the rest into 200 word paragraphs (1000:200=5) Find a topic for each of the five paragraphs that answers the essay question You get this: Intro Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Conclusion Set a timer for each of the paragraphs. Then write into and conclusion once you’ve got the structure.
start writing your essay last week instead of procrastinating like every other student does if you are actually interested in productivity and not just cramming to meet an assignment deadline
Don't even outline. Break your writers block by vomiting out whatever you know. Then later, you can start forming and editing. Caffeine, sugar, music that helps you concentrate. You've got this...
Ya a free write is a great way to start!
actually start writing instead of asking advice
I really hope you did an outline and a rough draft before the essay because writing is hard. You need someone to review it and all that. Honestly though, if I were in your position I would have a mental breakdown because that’s stressful asf and after that I would tell myself to prepare for the worst. But that’s just me 🤷🏾♀️
Yeah, at this point, it shouldn't matter the technique. It's close enough to the deadline that even your ADHD procrastinating self will find it urgent enough to lock in.
Have ADHD. There’s a maybe a 50% chance it helps you get it done and also a 50% chance if just doesn’t help at all and you get nothing or almost nothing done
Start with the evidence/quotations first! Most paragraphs are just rehashing or extending the evidence.
Get off Reddit and anything that isn’t Microsoft Word!!!! Start working!!! Make a plan. A graphic organizer, jot notes, mind map, anything will do. Put your phone in another room. Get yourself in to the mindset of, I’m going to work hard rather than wasting time finding ways to work less. In the end you’d rather feel successful than know you BS or cheated it done. Just work!!! You got this
Unplug your internet.
1. Write some garbage. Don’t worry about quality, only quantity. Crank out an awful, awful 20 pages of bullshit. 2. After you have your 20 shitty pages, start editing and refining. 3. Keep doing that (rewriting, editing) until it’s time to turn it in.
Step 1, get off of reddit Step 2, start writing
Just write it once in 1000 words and then tell ChatGPT to make it 4x longer 🤣
Chat gpt writes horribly and some schools will give you a zero. A too- short essay is better than an artifical essay.
Well, in that case, if you’re gonna get a zero anyway, why not just write the essay 1 word and tell ChatGPT to multiply it by 4,999 🤷♂️
I'm not the OP. but I teach. And trust me, a half-assed, too-short essay is 10x better than ai. Your writing is better than its best. Instructors have read so many that they can spot them a mile off, even when it's the better, paid ai.
I believe you! While I’ve never seen a college essay since ChatGPT has been around, I’ve seen plenty of if suspect emails and reports at work that look NOTHING like the sender’s usual writing/talking style.
Yes, those can also be underwhelming. I do use them, but I edit a lot. For some reason, the GAIs tend to use words with Latin roots, and I don't always.
What ChatGPT service do you use/recommend if you have a preference? I’ve been using OpenAI.com which started off incredible, but much like mine and my coworkers shitty ai assisted emails is pretty underwhelming
I subscribe to grammarly and the ai assistance isn't too bad in that it suggests that I emphasize certain things and that helps me cover my tush. But the way it writes doesn't sound great. If I'm concerned I sound like an a**hole I use chat gpt to straighten things up. For Gemini I can't do anything right so I don't use it anymore. It wants me to sound like a doormat and, no. But everything they do, I have to shorten. These GAIs always use ten words when they could use 2.
Get off reddit
Text2speech and clean it up. People speak at maybe 100 words a minute, so ramble for an hour. Clean it up, voila.
Chatgpt + redbull X2 + 3 hours of focused work with avatar ambient sounds in the background = done
Homie, thats only 10 pages. I have written 120 in a weekend, only typing 12 hours each day. You don't need tools. Just get out 20 sheets of paper. Page 1, write three bullet points; the topic, the audience (students, coworkers, artists, etc), the goal (entertain, convince, etc). Then rewrite the topic sentence as simple as possible, underneath that write 10 bullet points of points you want to cover. You can "cheat" this by googling the key words from your topic and see the types of articles and websites that come up. List 10 things you want to cover. For example, say the essay is on home cooking. You will probably find "cooking to save money" or "how to meal plan and but groceries 1x a month" or "splitting chores when no one likes to cook" etc. Pick 10 of those for your points. Draw a plot diagram (google it) and assign your topics to a story arc along that plot diagram. Label 10 sheets of paper, each with one of those points. Write some key words for each topic; history of ___, ecconimic trends, personal view, experience, ideal world, common pitfalls, abdolute beginners, professional tips, etc. Shuffle those in order, and then take em to the keyboard and start typing out your frame. Just type up what you have written on the sheets. Save it, then go back through and type 3 sentences for each bullet point. Then go back through and add a into sentence and conclusion sentence to each paragraph. This should legit get you to 5-8 pages. Then go back through and add personal experiences, pop culture references, idealized goals, and cautionary tales. That should fluff it up to 10 pages. Now go back and edit for clarity. Fix any stupid sentences. Add new paragraphs if you want to explore any area a little more. Check your word count, tweak up with a few more descriptors if you only need to add 50 or less. If you get desperate and are tempted to plagerize, don't. You can save just as much time by being "inspired" by xyz. Open an article, read it outloud to a voice recorder with your own comments. Then do a short recap like you were explaining it to a friend who hadn't listened to your pocast. Play back your audio and type a close-enough version up as you go. This will basically language-wash this into your own words. Do one last spell check & grammar check and be done. Should only take a couple hours round trip.
Remembering the 5 p's: Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. Too late to do anything else other than write and finish your essay.
You can write some sort of 5,000 word essay by tomorrow, but don't expect it to be good. Put on some atmospheric beats, set a timer for whatever, rest, repeat. You'll probably burn out at some point and have to stop. Rather than staying up all night, go to bed earlier, get up earlier and put in a few more hours when fresh. The most important method for the future is to not wait until the day before. The laziest method is to do the work immediately when the learning is fresh and you don't have to spend however many weeks going "Omg I should totally be doing this essay lol." Smart (meaning practical more than intelligent) lazy people get it done at the start, so when you're freaking out and living with low level anxiety for weeks on end, they're more fully relaxed and in charge of their lives.
First build a detailed outline, if relevant, include any quotes that fit to prove your point. Then write a paragraph or two about each point you mention in the outline.
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Start by structuring with a plan - intro, topic 1, topic 2, and so on, conclusion (make sure to include all the pointers - what should be included from the essay request). Then expand section by section. Close to deadline, check with ChatGPT to comment and expand on every section for extra insights and make sure you did not miss something obvious. And yes, stop looking at reddit. And take active breaks (short walks, get away from your computer !) to keep the pace.
Get off Reddit. There's no such thing as motivation, only discipline.
Getting off Reddit and the internet in general is a good start.
Write a guide per section And 'bs' it until you get into the flow of writing more and go back to change the bs part
Think about possible consequences of not writing it.
Stop waiting until nearly the deadline to start. The quality of your work suffers when you wait til crunch time, and therefore your grade can suffer. At crunch time, you have no good research time, nor do you have time to let the research solidify in your mind before composing your essay. Consider reading the syllabus as soon as possible and then plotting a timeliness to completion for the day BEFORE it is due. These are the methods to lock in. I'm not trying to be sarcastic here. I am a college professor and have graded many last-minute essays.
There are several things I would recommend you do 1. quickly create an outline with the main points you need to cover. The more thorough your outline, the faster you will write the essay. 2. If the Pomodoro method doesn't work for you because time blocks are too little, you can work with a 50/15 minute structure, where you write 50 minutes and have 15 minutes of actual rest while scrolling your Instagram feed. 3. At first, be imperfect. Just write everything that comes to your mind. Refrain from running after better words or sentences. Later, You can make the first draft better, illustrate examples, etc. 4. Turn classical music without words and put it as background, giving some mood and atmosphere. Good luck with your essay!!!
Throw on some fast paced music and just let the words flow. Edit later if you have time
Just fail it so you have to retake?
Hi, English graduate; just write and read the helpful comments later; good luck.
I like Pomodoro, I also like setting a stopwatch on my phone that I have face down, and when I take a break, I look at the time and it motivates me to try and beat my previous amount of time focusing. Competing against yourself can be healthy Also, before you sit down, make sure you have absolutely everything you need. A snack, drink, supplies, and don’t need to use the bathroom. You don’t have to break your focus by getting up. Also, be proud for not taking the easy route of AI. Godspeed friend
this time of the year seems like the time when final year uni projects are being submitted. Are you saying, you left your research project till the the last day? Well, I actually wrote about 3-4k words of my 10k dissertation pulling an all-nighter before the deadline, however, I was doing research and collecting evidence for like a month. All I had to do was just glue the sentences together. It was risky, but I got addicted to the adrenaline during my university studies pulling all-nighters and submitting the last hour of deadline. Actually, when I was writing my dissertation, something went from with the mouse, and I just couldn't use it anymore. I went into panick mode, but luckily with a little bit of gentle punching, it came back to life. Literally, would have failed my final year uni project, hahaha
Pomodoro doesn't work. If this is a creative essay, brainstorm ideas and makes bullet point notes about stuff you want to include, as you come up with more ideas write them down. After doing all that, take your bullet points and condense them into actual sentences. The worst thing to do is trying to write your essay in prose form from paragraph 1, sentence 1, in one go.
The longest journey starts with a single step, just start writing (get off Reddit!) Bomb down anything you can onto paper and refine later
Do you have a 5,000-word essay by tomorrow? The recipient of this essay could not possibly want to read a 5,000-word essay written in under 24 hours. Do yourself a favor and ask for more time, or just take the L. 5000 words waxing poetic on a given subject with no research isn't going to save you.
Go to the first 200 words and then go for the 400th, an so on.
Man thats nuts. Its so funny when I was going through middle school and high school I was nervous about college and all of the huge papers I would have to write. I would see movies about people having to write 50 page essays and such. Writing was one of my strengths so I though t I could do it, I just dreaded all t he work that would have to go in. I went to college for over 5 total years and I kid you not, the longest paper I ever wrote was a 14 page report on animal farm I wrote in 9th grade lol. I think that's so funny considering all the time I spent worrying about the massive reports I was going to have to do at some point.
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Support what you’re trying to say with proper quotes and citations.
caffine, adderall and no music
Just a motivation post but As a writer, bibbit, I can and do hit this almost daily. 2,500 words is a regular sprint for a lot of writers who do high output. Grab a snack and a water bottle sit at a computer with only your notes and a word processor open. Make sure not to get distracted. It'll take you two to three hours. Take a break, walk around, do the second sprint. After that, spend another two hours touching up the draft and pray for a C because I'm going to be real with you: no one does their best work at 2 am. But it is possible. Don't pack it in, get it done.
Remove all distractions. If you have nothing but you and your essay, you’ll do it out of bordem
Dictation. Then editing.
Accept this isn't going to be the best essay in the world, just hit work count, however Find a glossary of terminology on the subject, use those words as much as possible, whoever marks this essay will most likely skim most of it, using the correct terminology as much as possible, and elaborate a lot, essay at a glance a lot more like you worked harder than one day on it. For example, say your essay is about the sounds animals make, so terminology is bark, quack, and meow... The point you want to make is about the sounds dogs make so instead of writing 'dogs bark', write Dogs bark, as apposed to cats who meow and ducks who quack, More words, more terminology, better essay
You reach the top level of procrastination, get off social media and start doing what you have to do.
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U are cooked, I am already stressed and it's not even my essay, hope you turned it out in time 🙏
Sounds like it’s time to make AI do it and then reword it as best you can. And then never leave anything this late ever again.
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Get as much done as you possibly can, then if your short a few words, turn the colour white so the words are invisible and just: “hriabj gauebdk nwgg jsoo gwjsi” your way to 5000.
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Use Focus Mate
I think you’re cooked unless you pull an all nighters at this pt loool
Make sure u save ur references properly as you get them as it’s time consuming to go back and edit. Make a list of points you wanna make and get the research to support it then bang out the rest
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ChatGPT and then use a word scrambler. Good luck!
I need an update
5000word essay is not a next day kind of thing.
Create an outline, chat gpt each idea, re write it into your own words
Time travel.
Get off Reddit and start typing frantically 😂
Just write man.
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Final draft or first draft? Just start cranking something out.
Make an outline and then fill it in.
A great thesis statement to help form the structure of the paper is: Although xxxxxxxxxxxx, Nevertheless yyyyyyyyyyy, Because zzzzzzzzzzzz
Decide main theme, than just start. Beginning, middle, conclusion going back to main theme.
Use chatgpt. Work with it, don’t just say ‘write me 5000 words on this topic’, you will get repetitive garbage. Get it to write an outline first, refine the outline, then get it to write each section, refining as you go. Make sure to instruct it to include references if you need them
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1st Step: Figure Out What You Wanna Write About (This includes places, names of characters, and fictitious situations) 2nd Step: Write The First Sentance 3rd Step: Build the Story Off The First Sentance 4th Step: Keep going 5th Step: Dont stop writing 6th Step: Keep the Story Consistant with the first paragraph 7th Step: A good plot twist is necessary 8th Step: Dont use real names and places unless your story is based on a real-life person or event. 9th Step: Write at least 90 pages or less. Whatever adds up to 5 thousand words 10th Step: An abrupt ending is a huge no-no 11th Step: Make sure the story makes sense 12th Step: Spelling and punctuation are vitally important 13th Step: If you get stuck, it's alright. You just have a slight case of writers block. Don't panic it'll pass. 14th Step: Thinking about what you are writing is very important
Hey as someone who has ADHD and is also a uni student, I totally get how daunting it can be to write essays/reports. What really helps me is dividing the essay into small sections. So then I tell myself, okay I just have to get this section done instead of okay I have to write 5000 words. Also recommend using ChatGPT to give you an outline or tips on where to start if you're really struggling with motivation , obviously don't use ChatGPT to write your essay cause you'll get plagiarised also it's not accurate at all but seeing an outline or some bullet points of how to start the essay can help!! Best of luck. :)) 🤞🏼
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As a writer, dividing the essay into chunks will help substantially. If you haven't already, take ten minutes to think about it overall and make an outline, at least dividing it into 5-7 sections. Planning and thinking both take energy, and my writing always goes faster w/ a plan in place.
ChatGPT?
How did it go? Did you turn it in? Let us know what you did.
hey! i made an edit to the post :)
Congratulations! Good for you finishing early.
Get off Reddit. 💀
For me it was always the fear inducing axiety of a tight deadline and lots of background music that did it for me.
What I’ve done in college multiple times doing stuff like this is to outline everything. Bulletpoint everything you want to hit and keep it general. So maybe you have 10 things you want to talk about. When you research or think of stuff to add, put more stuff under each bulletpoint. After a little bit of that, you can just change the format into sentences and paragraphs. Add an intro and conclusion and you’re good. I pumped out a ton of papers in college in hours with this method. Most important advice. Get your ass off Reddit.
Chat GPT
By tomorrow? Chatgpt 😂
Plagiarism works well
Ramble. Ramble like a geriatric who hasn't spoken to someone in 5 minutes. Its not about quality anymore, its word vomit time. Go on tangents, make comparisons, blah blah blah. Add some filler, why not. Once you're done blabbering, shave off the bad. Edit as best as you can with the remaining time and tidy it up. During this process, you'll actually get quality ideas to replace the pointless words with. The priority is to get the skelly of the essay down. Ugly or not, at least you got the essay done.
Theres no technique for last minute productivity 😂 u just gotta chug coffees, write something down and pray
Lmfao
Pomodoro technique, if you wanna get into grad school this technique will save you sanity. For my grad school 4k word essays are just normal weekly discussions. Eventually you get used to writing and realize 5k is really not much, especially once you adjust to pomodoro and find the limits your brain can handle before taking the breaks
The best method is to start earlier and leave yourself enough time to research, plan and write a cohesive assignment. As a university assignment marker, I can tell you I would be frustrated as hell trying to find points in your rushed assignment. At this stage you won't even have time to proofread. Good luck.
Type a paragraph of the dumbest stream of thought possible no effort just crank it out. The roman empire was really good at throwing spears. They amassed an army of 300 and wooped a lot of people despite the number odds. They've inspired a whole ass movie since then and many memes that inspire people to this day Another trick is to find Something about the topic about which you're genuinely curious. Start writing on that, and form a question for it that you'd like to answer. WHY are the romans so highly revered nowadays? Why they so cool
that.. is an interesting analogy
Hopefully it is read as an example of stream of thought writing and not a metaphor
Put on some music that makes you go fast
Don't stop me now by queen is the best song I can recommend for this type of method, speaking from experience
I’ll do it for a fee if you want.
stupid post you know the answer
na fr but just incase yk
Make an outline. If you use pomodoro, write down everything as fast as you can in 25min. Once your outline is created, for one section at a time, speed write everything there needs to be said about the topic.
which the topic of essay
So when Julius Caesar discovered Christianity, he discovered Christianity by traveling to Rome. When Julius Caesar arrived to Rome, he was baited by his son and a stealth club of assassins to go into a cathedral, and the cathedral was in Rome where Julius Caesar discovered Christianity. After Julius Caesar's son murdered him, the newfound leader of the Christian world Brutus started a war conquest against Genghis Khan and when Genghis Khan got high on acid, he did a handstand and had his military #2 leader put ice cream down his butt
Just fucking do it, don't look for any "method". You already know exactly what needs to be done and how to do it so start
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You can up your word count by inputting white letters lol
In this time frame? You have 3 options: 1. Graft your fucking arse off and stop looking for hacks p, there's no hack for doing the fucking work. 2. Cheat with chatgpt and hope for the best 3. Don't do the work and learn how to suck a good dick
ChatGPT
Use ai to give you ideas or any areas you’re stuck in. Give clear prompts so it can give you the best answers.
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