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How to make your writing a college writing? The answer is: summarizing, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing. Sounds weird? Read on...

Informed argument is one of the most important features of academic writing. When you start writing your academic paper, first thing you naturally think of is what your subject will be and what you know on the subject. You should be aware that different writing assignments require different level of your knowledge on the topic. For instance, in high school you probably wrote brief papers in response to viewing some movies, say Guy Ritchie’s Revolver. This kind of paper does not require from you to master important cinema-related terms, analyze other author’s works, or to confirm you thoughts with critic’s arguments. However, if you are to write academic paper on the firm, you should learn more on your topic. You have to know certain cinematographic terms to explain Ritchie’s techniques. Also, you would find useful getting familiar with other Ritchie’s films to understand his approach and his favorite themes. Furthermore, if you write this review in upper-level film class, you should be aware of different critical views on Guy Ritchie, his films, and on films in general, so that you can insert you argument using cinema-related vocabulary. So, when you prepare to write academic paper, ask yourself following questions:

Previously, we discussed the issue of what a research paper really is and have come to the conclusion that ideally

a research paper is your own thoughts based on your thorough analysis of what you previously knew and what you managed to research about your topic

So what, right? Theoretically, this is the most important thing you should know about academic writing. Practically, this doesn't make our lives easier. But here is one thing that WILL facilitate your writing, guaranteed. Read this carefully

Getting that elusive passing grade for any university study course relies on two key components:

1. knowing enough information about your topic to be considered an expert, and
2. being able to transfer that information to your tutor who is looking for different interpretations of information taught through written assignments.

Assignments are prepared best when they are given much time and attention, but sometimes time deficit and busy student life require a skill of writing papers very fast. If you know what I mean, this brief guide on writing research papers in emergency regime is for you.

One of the most useful ways of writing research papers of any type is to develop a draft outline of what you have to cover. Let’s assume your research paper deals with advertising, but this topic is too broad, you should narrow it to more specific subject. In this, I advise you to follow the rule of “inverted pyramid”, starting with broad overview of subject and narrowing your focus down to the pyramid’s head, where your specific topic is formulated. For instance, the topic of advertising can be narrowed down to “Advertising techniques of Absolut Company”. In your outline, make a list of general points you want to make and notes or references that can support those points. Your strongest point should be the last in your list.

One of our writers, Tania, sent me the link to this awesome episode of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at Youtube a couple of days ago. I found it very... I like the part where... It was a..... This might sound strange though, I recognized my-past-writer's-self in every character. Watch this video yourself and comment on who you are in it.