This article covers all the basics of academic essay formatting: citation styles, spacing and margins, title pages, in-text citations. The readability of your essay depends on the formatting and the vocabularies you use. If you are doing an academic writing, your professor is going to score you based on your essay formatting as well as the content of your essay. If you are writing an essay for business purposes, you need to properly format your essay to increase readability and make your essay attractive.