Essay Writing skills

HINTS ON ESSAY-WRITING 1.  General Preparation:                                           One of the chief difficulties young people feel in essay-writing is lack of matter. They do not easily find anything to say about a subject. This is natural, because their experience and general reading are limited. But it may be remedied by reading, and by training the power of observation.  (a)   Reading  :-                   Bacon said, " Reading maketh a full man "; that is, a person who reads much and widely stores his mind with a large variety of facts, thoughts, illustrations and general information. If you want to write good essays you must acquire a love of reading-not simply reading stories for amusement, but reading good books of history, travel, biography and science. Fill your mind with fine thoughts and accu...

  Collecting materials:   (i)   Reading up the Subject :-                                       When you have got a clear idea of your subject, the next step will be to think of what you can say about it. Some subjects are so simple that a little reflection should supply you with sufficient material for a short essay; but for others, special information will be needed for which you may have to do some special reading. For instance, if you have to write about some historical subjects, or give a description of some country you have seen, you will have to get hold of some book and read the subject up. But in any case, you have to collect materials for your essay before you can write it.  In schools, class-discussions on the subject, under the guidance of the teacher, are very helpful in this stage of special preparation. In any case, do not attempt to write the essay before yo...