Losing confidence when writing essays

I find myself losing confidence easily when writing essays and I feel like I need constant reassurance that what I am writing is any good. I find this is preventing me from writing essays as I want them to be good and I feel like I am not doing the essays any justice. How can I change this as it is probably counter productive.

Reply 1

londonmyst

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You sound like a perfectionist.
As long as you do your research well, create a good essay plan & stick to it, use PEGEX for every paragraph, cite all your quoted sources and proofread- you'll be fine.

Reply 2

Anonymous1502

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Original post by londonmyst

You sound like a perfectionist.
As long as you do your research well, create a good essay plan & stick to it, use PEGEX for every paragraph, cite all your quoted sources and proofread- you'll be fine.

Do you have any tips for essay planing I tend to dive straight into the essay which is not a very good idea.

Reply 3

londonmyst

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Original post by Anonymous1502

Do you have any tips for essay planing I tend to dive straight into the essay which is not a very good idea.

It depends on the subject that the essay is for and wordcount.
But as a general guideline, spend 2-5 mins planning out the essay outline (intro, 1st para, 2nd para, 3rd para, conclusion).
Then another 5 mins briefly outlining the points you intend to include in bullet point form with PEGEX and whether the sequential order seems right.

Reply 4

Anonymous1502

OP

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Original post by londonmyst

It depends on the subject that the essay is for and wordcount.
But as a general guideline, spend 2-5 mins planning out the essay outline (intro, 1st para, 2nd para, 3rd para, conclusion).
Then another 5 mins briefly outlining the points you intend to include in bullet point form with PEGEX and whether the sequential order seems right.