Everyone needs more time in the day. Indeed, it’s a truism that there just isn’t enough of it. When we are faced with dozens of obligations every day, including demands from work, family, school, and friends, finding enough time to fit it all into just 24 hours—or 16 if you sleep—is simply impossible.
But figuring out what you can cut out to make room for other things is equally difficult. That’s one reason that college students are always looking for ways to write their papers better and faster. In this article, we’ll take a look at twelve ways to make writing papers faster and more effective to help you save time as you work your way through your own massive to-do list.
How to Speed Up Academic Writing Process
Here are some hints and tips to speed up the writing process in your academic papers and essays:
- Read the assignment. This might seem obvious, but reading the assignment thoroughly before you start writing will save you a lot of time. You need to know what you need to write about, but you also need to make sure that you understand all of the requirements of the assignment. If there are any requirements you don’t understand, ask for clarification before you write so you don’t have to go back and rewrite.
- Review the rubric. The rubric is another key element of the essay process that will save you time. It’s like a cheat sheet for your essay, tipping you off to what your instructor will be grading you on. When you use the rubric to help you write the essay, you can allocate your time to the parts with the most points to quickly and effectively manage your time.
- Research before you write. Pulling together your research before you start writing will help save you time. When you have a bank of research to pull from before you begin the writing process, you won’t need to stop and go back to the library for more sources. This will let you write more quickly.
- Develop a thesis statement before you write. Having a strong thesis statement explaining what your essay will demonstrate or prove will help you write faster because you can use that sentence to make sure that every part of the paper contributes to the final product and you don’t waste time writing on tangents that won’t make the final cut.
- Outline your paper before you write. While many students think of outlining as busy work that doesn’t contribute to the final paper, even a brief outline will save you time as you write because it will give you a roadmap to follow by letting you plan out what you need to say before you say it. A detailed outline works through all of the organizational problems, giving you a smooth path once you start writing.
- Hire professionals. Many students say, “Paying someone to write papers for me would help so much!” If you need help with your essay, a professional online writing company can provide you with high-quality written work that can be used as a model for your own essays. Seeing how a professional would approach your topic can speed up the writing process.
- Save the introduction for last. Many students waste valuable time agonizing over the right way to start their essays. If you save the introduction for last, you can save time by jumping right into the body. The introduction is often easier to write when you have already finished the essay and can see the best way to introduce readers to the subject.
- Write when you are fresh. Many students like to write late at night when they have finished the day’s activities, but they aren’t typically at their mental peak then. Write when you are fresh and sharp in the morning to churn out text faster.
- Avoid distractions. Keep your focus on your work by avoiding distractions. You’ll get more written when you shut off phone’s notifications and close your browser while you write.
- Take a break. It might seem counterintuitive, but taking regular breaks can actually help you to write faster. Taking a short break of five minutes after thirty minutes of writing can help to refresh your mind and refocus you on the task at hand so you’ll get more done more quickly. Just don’t let the breaks stretch so long that you run out of writing time.
- Sleep on it. Rather than try to do all of your writing in one marathon stretch, get a good night’s sleep between your first draft and your revision and proofreading. Sleeping on it will let you approach your paper with fresh eyes, so you’ll see what needs to be revised and where you’ve made typos and other errors that might be hard to see without some distance from your work.
- Turn writing into a game. To motivate yourself to write faster, institute a series of rewards for reaching writing milestones. Give yourself a treat when you’ve completed your outline, your first draft, your revision, or any other milestones you feel will best motivate you to keep going and push ahead with your writing. Or, compete with a friend or classmate to see who can write their paper the fastest while still getting a high grade. A little competition can be a great motivator to work faster.
How to Manage Your Research and Writing Speed
Here, we want to offer you extra tips on managing research and writing speed that come in handy especially when you have too big an assignment load. First, use a time management technique that requires splitting your research and writing process into several parts with a defined length. The easiest way is to follow Pomodoro technique principles.
Second, define the time you are ready to spend on each stage — this way you will not get stuck on research with too little time left for writing and proofreading. Third, create a library of links and sources that are related to your most common topics — this way you will economize time on research with your next papers. You need to learn how to write smarter, and it means both faster and more efficiently. We sincerely hope these tips will help you with this goal!
Madhu Chanda
Madhu Chanda, a USA Today bestselling author, is a former journalist who has interviewed death row inmates, flown with the LAPD above Los Angeles, and patrolled with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police near the Arctic.
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2022-04-06 07:25:17Z
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