Character Sheet

Mc: Jericho Drumm

Superhero Name(s): Doctor Voodoo, Brother Voodoo

Nickname(s): The Black Priest, The Witch Doctor, The Soul King, The Spirit King, The Death Dancer, Dark Dealer, Master of the Dark Arts, Lord of the Cross, Guardian of the Cemetery, The Black Magician, Avatar of the Loa, Lord of Bones and many, many more…

Power(s): Black Magic(Voodoo, Necromancy, Hemomancy, Black Shamanism, Conjuration, Spirit Magic, Contract Magic, Nether Magic, Ritual Magic, Shadow Magic, Curses, Jinx's and much more…)

Familiar: Remy( A shadowy spirit summoned from the 'other side' that can morph into any creature on earth, usually takes the form of a crow. Can use Nether and Shadow magic.

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Cannabis,[a] also known as marijuana[b] among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various traditional medicines for centuries. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the main psychoactive component of cannabis, which is one of the 483 known compounds in the plant, including at least 65 other cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol (CBD). Cannabis can be used by smoking, vaporizing, within food, or as an extract.

Cannabis

Hampa Cannabis sativa L. (närbild).jpg

Close-up of flowering cannabis plant

Pronunciation

Cannabis: /ˈkænəbɪs/

Marijuana: /ˌmærəˈwɑːnə/

Source plant(s)

Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, Cannabis ruderalis

Part(s) of plant

Flower and fruit

Geographic origin

Central or South Asia

Active ingredients

Tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabidiol, cannabinol, tetrahydrocannabivarin

Main producers

Afghanistan, Canada, China, Colombia, India, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Paraguay, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Legal status

AU: S9 (Prohibited substance)

CA: Unscheduled

DE: Medical cannabis from state-controlled production: Anlage III

Other cannabis: I

NZ: Class B

UK: Class B

US: Schedule I

UN: Narcotic Schedule I

Cannabis has various mental and physical effects, which include euphoria, altered states of mind and sense of time, difficulty concentrating, impaired short-term memory, impaired body movement (balance and fine psychomotor control), relaxation, and an increase in appetite. Onset of effects is felt within minutes when smoked, but may take up to 90 minutes when eaten. The effects last for two to six hours, depending on the amount used. At high doses, mental effects can include anxiety, delusions (including ideas of reference), hallucinations, panic, paranoia, and psychosis. There is a strong relation between cannabis use and the risk of psychosis, though the direction of causality is debated. Physical effects include increased heart rate, difficulty breathing, nausea, and behavioral problems in children whose mothers used cannabis during pregnancy; short-term side effects may also include dry mouth and red eyes. Long-term adverse effects may include addiction, decreased mental ability in those who started regular use as adolescents, chronic coughing, susceptibility to respiratory infections, and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.

Cannabis is mostly used recreationally or as a medicinal drug, although it may also be used for spiritual purposes. In 2013, between 128 and 232 million people used cannabis (2.7% to 4.9% of the global population between the ages of 15 and 65). It is the most commonly used largely-illegal drug in the world, with the highest use among adults in Zambia, the United States, Canada, and Nigeria, as of 2018.

While cannabis plants have been grown since at least the 3rd millennium BCE, evidence suggests that it was being smoked for psychoactive effects at least 2,500 years ago in the Pamir Mountains, Asia. Since the 14th century, cannabis has been subject to legal restrictions. The possession, use, and cultivation of cannabis has been illegal in most countries since the 20th century. In 2013, Uruguay became the first country to legalize recreational use of cannabis. Other countries to do so are Canada, Georgia, Malta, Mexico, and South Africa. In the U.S., the recreational use of cannabis is legalized in 21 states, two territories, and the District of Columbia, though the drug remains federally illegal.

Medical cannabis, or medical marijuana, refers to the use of cannabis to treat disease or improve symptoms; however, there is no single agreed-upon definition (e.g., cannabinoids derived from cannabis and synthetic cannabinoids are also used).[3][4][5] The rigorous scientific study of cannabis as a medicine has been hampered by production restrictions and by the fact that it is classified as an illegal drug by many governments.[6] There is limited evidence suggesting cannabis can be used to reduce nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy, to improve appetite in people with HIV/AIDS, or to treat chronic pain and muscle spasms. Its use for other medical applications is insufficient for drawing conclusions about safety or efficacy.[7][8][9] There is evidence supporting the use of cannabis or its derivatives in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, neuropathic pain, and multiple sclerosis. Lower levels of evidence support its use for AIDS wasting syndrome, epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis, and glaucoma.[10]

So far, the medical use of cannabis is legal only in a limited number of territories, including Canada,[11] Belgium, Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand,[12] Spain, and many U.S. states. This usage generally requires a prescription, and distribution is usually done within a framework defined by local laws.[10]

Recreational

According to DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge, Francis Young, "cannabis is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man."[13] Being under the effects of cannabis is usually referred to as being "high" or "stoned."[14] Cannabis consumption has both psychoactive and physiological effects.[15] The "stoned" experience can vary widely, based (among other things) on the user's prior experience with cannabis, and the type of cannabis consumed.[16]: p647  When smoking cannabis, a euphoriant effect can occur within minutes of smoking.[17]: p104  Aside from a subjective change in perception and mood, the most common short-term physical and neurological effects include increased heart rate, increased appetite, impairment of short-term and working memory, and psychomotor coordination.[18][19]

Additional desired effects from consuming cannabis include relaxation, a general alteration of conscious perception, increased awareness of sensation, increased libido[20] and distortions in the perception of time and space. At higher doses, effects can include altered body image, auditory and/or visual illusions, pseudohallucinations and ataxia from selective impairment of polysynaptic reflexes.[citation needed] In some cases, cannabis can lead to dissociative states such as depersonalization[21][22] and derealization.[23]

Spiritual

Main article: Entheogenic use of cannabis

Cannabis has held sacred status in several religions and has served as an entheogen – a chemical substance used in religious, shamanic, or spiritual contexts[24] – in the Indian subcontinent since the Vedic period. The earliest known reports regarding the sacred status of cannabis in the Indian subcontinent come from the Atharva Veda, estimated to have been composed sometime around 1400 BCE.[25] The Hindu god Shiva is described as a cannabis user, known as the "Lord of bhang.[26]: p19 

In modern culture, the spiritual use of cannabis has been spread by the disciples of the Rastafari movement who use cannabis as a sacrament and as an aid to meditation.[25]

Cannabis is consumed in many different ways,[27] all of which involve heating to decarboxylate THCA in the plant into THC.[28] Common available forms are:

Smoking, which typically involves burning and inhaling vaporized cannabinoids ("smoke") from small pipes, bongs (portable versions of hookahs with a water chamber), paper-wrapped joints or tobacco-leaf-wrapped blunts, and other items.[29]

Vaporizer, which heats any form of cannabis to 165–190 °C (329–374 °F),[30] causing the active ingredients to evaporate into vapor without burning the plant material (the boiling point of THC is 157 °C (315 °F) at atmospheric pressure).[31]

Cannabis tea, which contains relatively small concentrations of THC because THC is an oil (lipophilic) and is only slightly water-soluble (with a solubility of 2.8 mg per liter).[32] Cannabis tea is made by first adding a saturated fat to hot water (e.g. cream or any milk except skim) with a small amount of cannabis.[33]

Edibles, where cannabis is added as an ingredient to one of a variety of foods, including butter and baked goods. In India it is commonly made into a beverage, bhang.

Tincture of cannabis, sometimes known as green dragon, is an alcoholic cannabis concentrate.

Capsules, typically containing cannabis oil, and other dietary supplement products, for which some 220 were approved in Canada in 2018.[11]

Onset of effects is felt within minutes when smoked, and may take up to 90 minutes when eaten.[34] Depending on the amount used, the effects last for two to six hours.[35]

Consumption by country

Main article: Annual cannabis use by country

Countries by annual prevalence of cannabis use, per cent, as of 2011

Global estimates of drug users in 2016

(in millions of users)[36]

Substance Best

estimate Low

estimate High

estimate

Amphetamine-

type stimulants 34.16 13.42 55.24

Cannabis 192.15 165.76 234.06

Cocaine 18.20 13.87 22.85

Ecstasy 20.57 8.99 32.34

Opiates 19.38 13.80 26.15

Opioids 34.26 27.01 44.54

In 2013, between 128 and 232 million people used cannabis (2.7% to 4.9% of the global population between the ages of 15 and 65).[37] Cannabis is by far the most widely used illicit substance,[38] with the highest use among adults (as of 2018) in Zambia, the United States, Canada, and Nigeria.[39]

United States

Between 1973 and 1978, eleven states decriminalized marijuana.[40] In 2001, Nevada reduced marijuana possession to a misdemeanor and since 2012, several other states have decriminalized and even legalized marijuana.[40]

In 2018, almost half of the people in the United States had tried marijuana, 16% had used it in the past year, and 11% had used it in the past month.[41] In 2014, daily marijuana use amongst US college students had reached its highest level since records began in 1980, rising from 3.5% in 2007 to 5.9% in 2014 and had surpassed daily cigarette use.[42]

In the US, men are over twice as likely to use marijuana as women, and 18–29-year-olds are six times more likely to use as over-65-year-olds.[43] In 2015, a record 44% of the US population has tried marijuana in their lifetime, an increase from 38% in 2013 and 33% in 1985.[43]

Marijuana use in the United States is three times above the global average, but in line with other Western democracies. Forty-four percent of American 12th graders have tried the drug at least once, and the typical age of first-use is 16, similar to the typical age of first-use for alcohol but lower than the first-use age for other illicit drugs.[38]

THE GREAT antiquity of Nothing is apparent from its being so visible in the accounts we have of the beginning of every nation. This is very plainly to be discovered in the first pages, and sometimes books, of all general historians; and, indeed, the study of this important subject fills up the whole life of an antiquary, it being always at the bottom of his inquiry, and is commonly at last discovered by him with infinite labour and pains. 1

As it is extremely hard to define Nothing in positive terms, I shall therefore do it in negative. Nothing, then, is not Something. And here I must object to a third error concerning it, which is, that it is in no place—which is an indirect way of depriving it of its existence; whereas, indeed, it possesses the greatest and noblest place upon this earth, viz., the human brain. But, indeed, this mistake has been sufficiently refuted by many very wise men, who, having spent their whole lives in the contemplation and pursuit of Nothing, have at last gravely concluded that there is Nothing in this world. 2

Farther, as Nothing is not Something, so everything which is not Something is Nothing; and wherever Something is not, Nothing is—a very large allowance in its favour, as must appear to persons well skilled in human affairs. 3

For instance, when a bladder is full of wind, it is full of Something; but when that is let out we aptly say that there is Nothing in it. The same may be as justly asserted of a man as of a bladder. However well he may be bedaubed with lace or with title, yet if he have not Something in him we may predicate the same of him as of an empty bladder…. 4

Nothing may be seen, as is plain from the relation of persons who have recovered from high fevers, and perhaps may be suspected from some, at least, of those who have seen apparitions, both on earth and in the clouds. Nay, I have often heard it confessed by men, when asked what they saw at such a place and time, that they saw Nothing…. 5

Nothing may be heard, of which the same proofs may be given as of the foregoing. That Nothing may be tasted and smelt, is not only known to persons of delicate palates and nostrils. How commonly do we hear that such a thing smells or tastes of Nothing! The latter I have heard asserted of a dish composed of five or six savoury ingredients…. 6

Some have felt the motions of the spirit, and others have felt very bitterly the misfortunes of their friends, without endeavouring to relieve them. Now, there seem two plain instances that Nothing is an object of this sense. Nay, I have heard a surgeon declare, while he was cutting off a patient's leg, that he was sure he felt Nothing. 7

Nothing is as well the object of our passions as our senses. Thus, there are many who love Nothing, some who hate Nothing, and some who fear Nothing, etc. Some have imagined that Knowledge, with the adjective human placed before it, is another word for Nothing. And one of the wisest men in the world declared that he knew Nothing. But, without carrying it so far, this, I believe, may be allowed, that it is at least possible for a man to know Nothing. And whoever hath read over many works of our ingenious moderns, with proper attention and emolument, will, I believe, confess that, if he understands them right, he understands Nothing…. 8

I remember once, at the table of a person of great eminence, and one no less distinguished by superiority of wit than fortune, when a very dark passage was read out of a poet famous for being so sublime that he is often out of the sight of his reader, some persons present declared that they did not understand the meaning. The gentleman himself, casting his eye over the performance, testified a surprise at the dulness of his company, seeing Nothing could, he said, possibly be plainer than the meaning of the passage which they stuck at. This set all of us to puzzling again, but with like success; we frankly owned we could not find it out, and desired he would explain it. "Explain it?" said the gentleman. "Why, he means Nothing." 9

In fact, this mistake arises from a too vulgar error among persons unacquainted with the mystery of writing, who imagine it impossible that a man should sit down to write without any meaning at all. Whereas, in reality, nothing is more common; for, not to instance myself, who have confessedly set down to write this essay with Nothing in my head, or, which is much the same thing, to write about Nothing, it may be incontestably proved, ab effectu, that Nothing is commoner among the moderns. The inimitable author of a preface to the "Posthumous Eclogues" of a late ingenious young gentleman says: "There are men who sit down to write what they think, and others to think what they shall write. But, indeed, there is a third and much more numerous sort, who never think either before they sit down or afterward, and who, when they produce on paper what was before in their heads, are sure to produce Nothing."… 10

Nothing contains so much dignity as Nothing. Ask an infamous, worthless nobleman (if any such be) in what his dignity consists. It may not, perhaps, be consistent with his dignity to give you an answer; but suppose he should be willing to condescend so far, what could he in effect say? Should he say he had it from his ancestors, I apprehend a lawyer would oblige him to prove that the virtues to which this dignity was annexed descended to him. If he claims it is inherent in the title, might he not be told that a title originally implied dignity, as it implied the presence of those virtues to which dignity is inseparably annexed—but that no implication will fly in the face of downright positive proof to the contrary? In short, to examine no farther, since his endeavour to derive it from any other fountain would be equally impotent, his dignity arises from Nothing, and in reality is Nothing. 11

A man must have very little discernment who can live long in courts or populous cities without being convinced of the great dignity of Nothing; and though he should, through corruption or necessity, comply with the vulgar worship and adulation, he will know to what it is paid—namely, to Nothing. 12

The most astonishing instance of this respect so frequently paid to Nothing is when it is paid (if I may so express myself) to something less than Nothing; when the person who receives it is not only void of the quality for which he is respected, but is in reality notoriously guilty of the vices directly opposite to the virtues whose applause he receives. This is, indeed, the highest degree of Nothing, or (if I may be allowed the word) the Nothingest of all Nothings…. 13

As Nothing is the end of the world, so it is of everything in the world. Ambition, the greatest, highest, noblest, finest, most heroic and Godlike of all passions, what doth it end in? Nothing. What did Alexander, Cæsar, and all the rest of that heroic band who have plundered and massacred so many millions, obtain by all their care, labour, pain, fatigue, and danger? Could they speak for themselves, must they not own that the end of all their pursuit was Nothing? Nor is this the end of private ambition alone. What is become of that proud mistress of the world—caput triumphati orbis—that Rome of which her own flatterers so liberally prophesied the immortality? In what has all her glory ended? Surely in Nothing…. 14

Seeing that such is its dignity and importance, and that it is really the end of all those things which are supported with so much pomp and solemnity and looked on with such respect and esteem, surely it becomes a wise man to regard Nothing with the utmost awe and adoration; to pursue it with all his parts and pains; and to sacrifice to it his ease, his innocence, and his present happiness. To which noble pursuit we have this great incitement, that we may rest assured of never being cheated or deceived in the end proposed. The virtuous, wise, and learned may then be unconcerned at all the changes of ministries and of government; since they may be well satisfied that, while ministers of State are rogues themselves, and have inferior knavish tools to bribe and reward, true virtue, wisdom, learning, wit, and integrity will most certainly bring their possessors—Nothing. 15

Hey Julia, Thanks for your question. Let us have a look at it to see what it is all about.

In my opinion and that is all it is, my opinion, I can hardly see that an essay is limited as far as length is concerned. An essay is per se an essay. Ever essay is an essay in its own right and has a specific task. There are essays, which is tasked to argue a particular viewpoint, which may in itself be very lengthy; then follows the anticipation of counter arguments and responses on those counter arguments. So, obviously an essay cannot be limited.

Of course, any essay, irrespective of its length may be published as reference book. Essays are normally not fiction as then, again in my opinion, it would be a short story albeit it very short or long story.

In response to your question, I would venture an answer of 'no' there is nothing wrong with a very long essay. As I've said; an essay is an essay no matter whether it is very long or very short.

There may be other opinions, but it would still be an opinion as I am not aware of prescript about the length of an essay.

So, keep on writing those long essays and say what needs to be said and go on, attack your gainsayers. It is your right.

Form your own opinion of what your needs are.

By the way. I have prepared an answer for questions relating to any guidelines about writing essays. I shall include it in this answer so that can scan through it. You may find something in there that may be useful, seeing that you are interested in essays (voluntary or not). When I first started researching the guidelines in responses to answers about something like that, I myself picked up a few handy tips.

Here goes.

Okay. So, let us get on with it. That essay will not write itself.

I am going to give you some guidelines to write a decent essay. These principles are valid for an essay, no matter what the title is. You will be able to utilise these principles in more or less any writing you do. So, learn to understand these principles and how to apply them.

Like any other task worth doing you have to plan it and then work according to the plan.

Your first task will, therefore, be to develop your plan. Consider how much time you have to write the essay and develop a writing plan based on that. This will help you figure out how long to spend on each part of the essay writing process, and will also keep you on task.

Be honest about your strengths and weaknesses when devising your plan. For example, if you are a good researcher but not great at editing, spend less time on the research section in favour of spending more time on the revising section.

Once you have your plan you should consider what you want to write about.

You may know the topic of the essay well, but even if you don't, first consider the topic and different ways you could make arguments about it. Doing this preliminary brainstorming will not only direct you towards the appropriate research, but it will also help the writing process go more quickly. Accordingly, you should be sure that you understand what the essay will be about. If you don't have an essay topic, choose a subject that interests you and considers the essay question afterwards. You are more likely to write a good essay on a topic that you're interested in.

The next step is to develop your argument. Your argument is the point you're making in the essay through evidence and analysis. Develop your argument to help you direct your research and make the writing process go more quickly.

If you don't have much experience with your topic, it might be difficult to develop an argument. You can still consider your argument and then use your research to support or refute the claims you want to make.

A good exercise to help you quickly figure out your essay question and argument is to write "I am studying (choose a topic) because I want to know (what do you want to know) in order to show (this is where your argument goes)." For example, "I am studying the medieval witch trials because I want to know how lawyers employed evidence in their cases in order to show that the trial process influenced modern medical techniques and legal practices."

Consider counter-arguments in order to strengthen your essay.

Next, you must research your essay topic. You'll need to strategically research your topic to find the evidence that will help you construct your argument and form the body of your essay. There are many different types of sources you can use for research, from online journals and newspaper archives to primary sources at the library.

Since you may not have a lot of time to write, focus on one or two places where you can do research. For example, the library and the internet offer many different options for sources.

Just make sure that you use reliable sources, such as peer-reviewed journals, government and university websites, and newspapers and magazines written by professionals. Don't use personal blogs, obviously biased sources, or sources that don't have professional credentials.

You can draw upon the information you know to speed up the research process. Simply find a (reliable!) source to support it and include it in your sources.

Doing preliminary research online can point you to sources in a library such as books and journal articles. It can also point you in the direction of web sources including newspaper article archives or other research on your topic.

If you're reading books, "gut" the book to get through it quickly and move on to other sources. To "gut" a book, skim the introduction and conclusion to find the main arguments, and then pick a few details from the body of the book to use as evidence.

Take notes on your research sources. These will show that you've legitimately researched the topic while giving credit to the person who forwarded the idea. This is especially important if you plan to use direct quotes and will also help you add footnotes and bibliographic information to your essay without having to look them up in the sources.

So, now I recommend that you write an outline of your essay. Construct an outline of your essay to guide you through the writing process. By structuring it in the same form as your essay and adding evidence, you will simplify and expedite the writing process. You'll also be able to identify any areas that need better development.

Structure your outline as you will your essay, with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.

The more detail you put into your outline, the easier and more quickly you can write the essay. For example, instead of just writing a basic paragraph about the body, flesh it out into bullet points or sentences that present an argument and supporting evidence.

Write a catchy introduction. The introduction does exactly what the word says: it explains to the reader what you're going to say in the essay. The introduction should grab, or hook, your reader's attention and entice them to read the rest of the essay.

The most important part of your introduction is your argument. This tells the reader the point you're trying to make in the essay.

Write a "hook" that will grab the reader's attention to start, then introduce the argument with a few relevant facts woven into the narrative. End by stating how you will demonstrate your points.

An example of a hook could be, "People say Napoleon had a complex because of his size, but he was actually average height for the time in which he lived."

It's sometimes helpful to write the introduction after you have written the body so you know how to introduce the topic and your arguments best.

A good rule of thumb is to not have the introduction be more than 10% of your essay. Thus, for a five-page essay, you shouldn't write more than one paragraph.

Having completed all the above tasks you should proceed to write the body of the essay. The body of your essay will contain the substantive points that support your thesis statement or argument. Analysing two to three main points will strengthen your argument and add more words to your overall total.

Pick two to three main points to help make your argument. Any fewer and you won't have enough evidence for your argument and any more may make you not explore each point thoroughly enough.

Keep your evidence to support the main points concisely. Going off on explanatory tangents will cost you precious time.

Support your main points with the evidence compiled during your research. Make sure to explain how the evidence supports your claims!

If you haven't reached your word limit, pick a main point and conduct more research on it to expand on your point.

Write as clearly as possible. If you're writing quickly, it will simplify the process to write easy sentences without difficult grammatical structures. This also makes it less likely that you'll improperly use convoluted jargon.

Avoid "fat" language when you write. Text that includes long prepositional phrases, passive verbs, and paragraphs that don't further your argument waste time that you could spend writing or revising your essay.

Allow yourself to "free-write" to optimise your time. It's easier to draft text and subsequently edit than it is to work with nothing. By just allowing yourself to write freely, you're assured to have some text that you have something to shape during the revision process.

Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. If you're struggling with getting the wording of an idea just right, write it as well as you can and come back to it later.

Then, you will write the essay's conclusion. Like the introduction, the conclusion does exactly what the word implies: it brings your essay to an end. It provides a summary of your basic argument and should leave the reader with a strong impression of your work.

The essay conclusion should also be relatively short. Aim for the conclusion to be 5-10% of your essay's total length.

Aim to do more in your conclusion than just restate your thesis and the evidence you used. You could acknowledge the limitations of your argument, suggest a direction for future research, or expand the relevance of your topic to a wider field.

Just as you drew the reader in with a good introduction, end your conclusion with a sentence that makes a lasting impression on your reader.

Finally, you should revise and proofread your essay. No essay is good when it contains mistakes. Revising and proofreading it will ensure that the essay you composed quickly doesn't have any glaring errors. It's also important to revise and proofread so that you leave a good impression on your readers.

Re-read the entire essay. Make sure that you are still arguing the same thing at the end of the essay that you are at the beginning. If not, go back and adjust your arguments.

Make sure that your paragraphs build on one another and don't feel haphazard. You can use transitions and strong topic sentences to help you draw connections between your paragraphs.

Spelling and grammar are the easiest mistakes to revise, but they cost you a lot of reader goodwill if you don't fix them.

So? What do you think? You got quite a mouth full, didn't you? This is all just to write a decent essay! The satisfaction of having written a decent essay will be worth all this trouble and the effort that goes with it. Try it.

Take care and be nice.

Kind regards,

Bye.

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Hey Julia, Thanks for your question. Let us have a look at it to see what it is all about.

In my opinion and that is all it is, my opinion, I can hardly see that an essay is limited as far as length is concerned. An essay is per se an essay. Ever essay is an essay in its own right and has a specific task. There are essays, which is tasked to argue a particular viewpoint, which may in itself be very lengthy; then follows the anticipation of counter arguments and responses on those counter arguments. So, obviously an essay cannot be limited.

Of course, any essay, irrespective of its length may be published as reference book. Essays are normally not fiction as then, again in my opinion, it would be a short story albeit it very short or long story.

In response to your question, I would venture an answer of 'no' there is nothing wrong with a very long essay. As I've said; an essay is an essay no matter whether it is very long or very short.

There may be other opinions, but it would still be an opinion as I am not aware of prescript about the length of an essay.

So, keep on writing those long essays and say what needs to be said and go on, attack your gainsayers. It is your right.

Form your own opinion of what your needs are.

By the way. I have prepared an answer for questions relating to any guidelines about writing essays. I shall include it in this answer so that can scan through it. You may find something in there that may be useful, seeing that you are interested in essays (voluntary or not). When I first started researching the guidelines in responses to answers about something like that, I myself picked up a few handy tips.

Here goes.

Okay. So, let us get on with it. That essay will not write itself.

I am going to give you some guidelines to write a decent essay. These principles are valid for an essay, no matter what the title is. You will be able to utilise these principles in more or less any writing you do. So, learn to understand these principles and how to apply them.

Like any other task worth doing you have to plan it and then work according to the plan.

Your first task will, therefore, be to develop your plan. Consider how much time you have to write the essay and develop a writing plan based on that. This will help you figure out how long to spend on each part of the essay writing process, and will also keep you on task.

Be honest about your strengths and weaknesses when devising your plan. For example, if you are a good researcher but not great at editing, spend less time on the research section in favour of spending more time on the revising section.

Once you have your plan you should consider what you want to write about.

You may know the topic of the essay well, but even if you don't, first consider the topic and different ways you could make arguments about it. Doing this preliminary brainstorming will not only direct you towards the appropriate research, but it will also help the writing process go more quickly. Accordingly, you should be sure that you understand what the essay will be about. If you don't have an essay topic, choose a subject that interests you and considers the essay question afterwards. You are more likely to write a good essay on a topic that you're interested in.

The next step is to develop your argument. Your argument is the point you're making in the essay through evidence and analysis. Develop your argument to help you direct your research and make the writing process go more quickly.

If you don't have much experience with your topic, it might be difficult to develop an argument. You can still consider your argument and then use your research to support or refute the claims you want to make.

A good exercise to help you quickly figure out your essay question and argument is to write "I am studying (choose a topic) because I want to know (what do you want to know) in order to show (this is where your argument goes)." For example, "I am studying the medieval witch trials because I want to know how lawyers employed evidence in their cases in order to show that the trial process influenced modern medical techniques and legal practices."

Consider counter-arguments in order to strengthen your essay.

Next, you must research your essay topic. You'll need to strategically research your topic to find the evidence that will help you construct your argument and form the body of your essay. There are many different types of sources you can use for research, from online journals and newspaper archives to primary sources at the library.

Since you may not have a lot of time to write, focus on one or two places where you can do research. For example, the library and the internet offer many different options for sources.

Just make sure that you use reliable sources, such as peer-reviewed journals, government and university websites, and newspapers and magazines written by professionals. Don't use personal blogs, obviously biased sources, or sources that don't have professional credentials.

You can draw upon the information you know to speed up the research process. Simply find a (reliable!) source to support it and include it in your sources.

Doing preliminary research online can point you to sources in a library such as books and journal articles. It can also point you in the direction of web sources including newspaper article archives or other research on your topic.

If you're reading books, "gut" the book to get through it quickly and move on to other sources. To "gut" a book, skim the introduction and conclusion to find the main arguments, and then pick a few details from the body of the book to use as evidence.

Take notes on your research sources. These will show that you've legitimately researched the topic while giving credit to the person who forwarded the idea. This is especially important if you plan to use direct quotes and will also help you add footnotes and bibliographic information to your essay without having to look them up in the sources.

So, now I recommend that you write an outline of your essay. Construct an outline of your essay to guide you through the writing process. By structuring it in the same form as your essay and adding evidence, you will simplify and expedite the writing process. You'll also be able to identify any areas that need better development.

Structure your outline as you will your essay, with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.

The more detail you put into your outline, the easier and more quickly you can write the essay. For example, instead of just writing a basic paragraph about the body, flesh it out into bullet points or sentences that present an argument and supporting evidence.

Write a catchy introduction. The introduction does exactly what the word says: it explains to the reader what you're going to say in the essay. The introduction should grab, or hook, your reader's attention and entice them to read the rest of the essay.

The most important part of your introduction is your argument. This tells the reader the point you're trying to make in the essay.

Write a "hook" that will grab the reader's attention to start, then introduce the argument with a few relevant facts woven into the narrative. End by stating how you will demonstrate your points.

An example of a hook could be, "People say Napoleon had a complex because of his size, but he was actually average height for the time in which he lived."

It's sometimes helpful to write the introduction after you have written the body so you know how to introduce the topic and your arguments best.

A good rule of thumb is to not have the introduction be more than 10% of your essay. Thus, for a five-page essay, you shouldn't write more than one paragraph.

Having completed all the above tasks you should proceed to write the body of the essay. The body of your essay will contain the substantive points that support your thesis statement or argument. Analysing two to three main points will strengthen your argument and add more words to your overall total.

Pick two to three main points to help make your argument. Any fewer and you won't have enough evidence for your argument and any more may make you not explore each point thoroughly enough.

Keep your evidence to support the main points concisely. Going off on explanatory tangents will cost you precious time.

Support your main points with the evidence compiled during your research. Make sure to explain how the evidence supports your claims!

If you haven't reached your word limit, pick a main point and conduct more research on it to expand on your point.

Write as clearly as possible. If you're writing quickly, it will simplify the process to write easy sentences without difficult grammatical structures. This also makes it less likely that you'll improperly use convoluted jargon.

Avoid "fat" language when you write. Text that includes long prepositional phrases, passive verbs, and paragraphs that don't further your argument waste time that you could spend writing or revising your essay.

Allow yourself to "free-write" to optimise your time. It's easier to draft text and subsequently edit than it is to work with nothing. By just allowing yourself to write freely, you're assured to have some text that you have something to shape during the revision process.

Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. If you're struggling with getting the wording of an idea just right, write it as well as you can and come back to it later.

Then, you will write the essay's conclusion. Like the introduction, the conclusion does exactly what the word implies: it brings your essay to an end. It provides a summary of your basic argument and should leave the reader with a strong impression of your work.

The essay conclusion should also be relatively short. Aim for the conclusion to be 5-10% of your essay's total length.

Aim to do more in your conclusion than just restate your thesis and the evidence you used. You could acknowledge the limitations of your argument, suggest a direction for future research, or expand the relevance of your topic to a wider field.

Just as you drew the reader in with a good introduction, end your conclusion with a sentence that makes a lasting impression on your reader.

Finally, you should revise and proofread your essay. No essay is good when it contains mistakes. Revising and proofreading it will ensure that the essay you composed quickly doesn't have any glaring errors. It's also important to revise and proofread so that you leave a good impression on your readers.

Re-read the entire essay. Make sure that you are still arguing the same thing at the end of the essay that you are at the beginning. If not, go back and adjust your arguments.

Make sure that your paragraphs build on one another and don't feel haphazard. You can use transitions and strong topic sentences to help you draw connections between your paragraphs.

Spelling and grammar are the easiest mistakes to revise, but they cost you a lot of reader goodwill if you don't fix them.

So? What do you think? You got quite a mouth full, didn't you? This is all just to write a decent essay! The satisfaction of having written a decent essay will be worth all this trouble and the effort that goes with it. Try it.

Take care and be nice.

Kind regards,

Bye.

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Hey Julia, Thanks for your question. Let us have a look at it to see what it is all about.

In my opinion and that is all it is, my opinion, I can hardly see that an essay is limited as far as length is concerned. An essay is per se an essay. Ever essay is an essay in its own right and has a specific task. There are essays, which is tasked to argue a particular viewpoint, which may in itself be very lengthy; then follows the anticipation of counter arguments and responses on those counter arguments. So, obviously an essay cannot be limited.

Of course, any essay, irrespective of its length may be published as reference book. Essays are normally not fiction as then, again in my opinion, it would be a short story albeit it very short or long story.

In response to your question, I would venture an answer of 'no' there is nothing wrong with a very long essay. As I've said; an essay is an essay no matter whether it is very long or very short.

There may be other opinions, but it would still be an opinion as I am not aware of prescript about the length of an essay.

So, keep on writing those long essays and say what needs to be said and go on, attack your gainsayers. It is your right.

Form your own opinion of what your needs are.

By the way. I have prepared an answer for questions relating to any guidelines about writing essays. I shall include it in this answer so that can scan through it. You may find something in there that may be useful, seeing that you are interested in essays (voluntary or not). When I first started researching the guidelines in responses to answers about something like that, I myself picked up a few handy tips.

Here goes.

Okay. So, let us get on with it. That essay will not write itself.

I am going to give you some guidelines to write a decent essay. These principles are valid for an essay, no matter what the title is. You will be able to utilise these principles in more or less any writing you do. So, learn to understand these principles and how to apply them.

Like any other task worth doing you have to plan it and then work according to the plan.

Your first task will, therefore, be to develop your plan. Consider how much time you have to write the essay and develop a writing plan based on that. This will help you figure out how long to spend on each part of the essay writing process, and will also keep you on task.

Be honest about your strengths and weaknesses when devising your plan. For example, if you are a good researcher but not great at editing, spend less time on the research section in favour of spending more time on the revising section.

Once you have your plan you should consider what you want to write about.

You may know the topic of the essay well, but even if you don't, first consider the topic and different ways you could make arguments about it. Doing this preliminary brainstorming will not only direct you towards the appropriate research, but it will also help the writing process go more quickly. Accordingly, you should be sure that you understand what the essay will be about. If you don't have an essay topic, choose a subject that interests you and considers the essay question afterwards. You are more likely to write a good essay on a topic that you're interested in.

The next step is to develop your argument. Your argument is the point you're making in the essay through evidence and analysis. Develop your argument to help you direct your research and make the writing process go more quickly.

If you don't have much experience with your topic, it might be difficult to develop an argument. You can still consider your argument and then use your research to support or refute the claims you want to make.

A good exercise to help you quickly figure out your essay question and argument is to write "I am studying (choose a topic) because I want to know (what do you want to know) in order to show (this is where your argument goes)." For example, "I am studying the medieval witch trials because I want to know how lawyers employed evidence in their cases in order to show that the trial process influenced modern medical techniques and legal practices."

Consider counter-arguments in order to strengthen your essay.

Next, you must research your essay topic. You'll need to strategically research your topic to find the evidence that will help you construct your argument and form the body of your essay. There are many different types of sources you can use for research, from online journals and newspaper archives to primary sources at the library.

Since you may not have a lot of time to write, focus on one or two places where you can do research. For example, the library and the internet offer many different options for sources.

Just make sure that you use reliable sources, such as peer-reviewed journals, government and university websites, and newspapers and magazines written by professionals. Don't use personal blogs, obviously biased sources, or sources that don't have professional credentials.

You can draw upon the information you know to speed up the research process. Simply find a (reliable!) source to support it and include it in your sources.

Doing preliminary research online can point you to sources in a library such as books and journal articles. It can also point you in the direction of web sources including newspaper article archives or other research on your topic.

If you're reading books, "gut" the book to get through it quickly and move on to other sources. To "gut" a book, skim the introduction and conclusion to find the main arguments, and then pick a few details from the body of the book to use as evidence.

Take notes on your research sources. These will show that you've legitimately researched the topic while giving credit to the person who forwarded the idea. This is especially important if you plan to use direct quotes and will also help you add footnotes and bibliographic information to your essay without having to look them up in the sources.

So, now I recommend that you write an outline of your essay. Construct an outline of your essay to guide you through the writing process. By structuring it in the same form as your essay and adding evidence, you will simplify and expedite the writing process. You'll also be able to identify any areas that need better development.

Structure your outline as you will your essay, with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.

The more detail you put into your outline, the easier and more quickly you can write the essay. For example, instead of just writing a basic paragraph about the body, flesh it out into bullet points or sentences that present an argument and supporting evidence.

Write a catchy introduction. The introduction does exactly what the word says: it explains to the reader what you're going to say in the essay. The introduction should grab, or hook, your reader's attention and entice them to read the rest of the essay.

The most important part of your introduction is your argument. This tells the reader the point you're trying to make in the essay.

Write a "hook" that will grab the reader's attention to start, then introduce the argument with a few relevant facts woven into the narrative. End by stating how you will demonstrate your points.

An example of a hook could be, "People say Napoleon had a complex because of his size, but he was actually average height for the time in which he lived."

It's sometimes helpful to write the introduction after you have written the body so you know how to introduce the topic and your arguments best.

A good rule of thumb is to not have the introduction be more than 10% of your essay. Thus, for a five-page essay, you shouldn't write more than one paragraph.

Having completed all the above tasks you should proceed to write the body of the essay. The body of your essay will contain the substantive points that support your thesis statement or argument. Analysing two to three main points will strengthen your argument and add more words to your overall total.

Pick two to three main points to help make your argument. Any fewer and you won't have enough evidence for your argument and any more may make you not explore each point thoroughly enough.

Keep your evidence to support the main points concisely. Going off on explanatory tangents will cost you precious time.

Support your main points with the evidence compiled during your research. Make sure to explain how the evidence supports your claims!

If you haven't reached your word limit, pick a main point and conduct more research on it to expand on your point.

Write as clearly as possible. If you're writing quickly, it will simplify the process to write easy sentences without difficult grammatical structures. This also makes it less likely that you'll improperly use convoluted jargon.

Avoid "fat" language when you write. Text that includes long prepositional phrases, passive verbs, and paragraphs that don't further your argument waste time that you could spend writing or revising your essay.

Allow yourself to "free-write" to optimise your time. It's easier to draft text and subsequently edit than it is to work with nothing. By just allowing yourself to write freely, you're assured to have some text that you have something to shape during the revision process.

Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. If you're struggling with getting the wording of an idea just right, write it as well as you can and come back to it later.

Then, you will write the essay's conclusion. Like the introduction, the conclusion does exactly what the word implies: it brings your essay to an end. It provides a summary of your basic argument and should leave the reader with a strong impression of your work.

The essay conclusion should also be relatively short. Aim for the conclusion to be 5-10% of your essay's total length.

Aim to do more in your conclusion than just restate your thesis and the evidence you used. You could acknowledge the limitations of your argument, suggest a direction for future research, or expand the relevance of your topic to a wider field.

Just as you drew the reader in with a good introduction, end your conclusion with a sentence that makes a lasting impression on your reader.

Finally, you should revise and proofread your essay. No essay is good when it contains mistakes. Revising and proofreading it will ensure that the essay you composed quickly doesn't have any glaring errors. It's also important to revise and proofread so that you leave a good impression on your readers.

Re-read the entire essay. Make sure that you are still arguing the same thing at the end of the essay that you are at the beginning. If not, go back and adjust your arguments.

Make sure that your paragraphs build on one another and don't feel haphazard. You can use transitions and strong topic sentences to help you draw connections between your paragraphs.

Spelling and grammar are the easiest mistakes to revise, but they cost you a lot of reader goodwill if you don't fix them.

So? What do you think? You got quite a mouth full, didn't you? This is all just to write a decent essay! The satisfaction of having written a decent essay will be worth all this trouble and the effort that goes with it. Try it.

Take care and be nice.

Kind regards,

Bye.

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Hey Julia, Thanks for your question. Let us have a look at it to see what it is all about.

In my opinion and that is all it is, my opinion, I can hardly see that an essay is limited as far as length is concerned. An essay is per se an essay. Ever essay is an essay in its own right and has a specific task. There are essays, which is tasked to argue a particular viewpoint, which may in itself be very lengthy; then follows the anticipation of counter arguments and responses on those counter arguments. So, obviously an essay cannot be limited.

Of course, any essay, irrespective of its length may be published as reference book. Essays are normally not fiction as then, again in my opinion, it would be a short story albeit it very short or long story.

In response to your question, I would venture an answer of 'no' there is nothing wrong with a very long essay. As I've said; an essay is an essay no matter whether it is very long or very short.

There may be other opinions, but it would still be an opinion as I am not aware of prescript about the length of an essay.

So, keep on writing those long essays and say what needs to be said and go on, attack your gainsayers. It is your right.

Form your own opinion of what your needs are.

By the way. I have prepared an answer for questions relating to any guidelines about writing essays. I shall include it in this answer so that can scan through it. You may find something in there that may be useful, seeing that you are interested in essays (voluntary or not). When I first started researching the guidelines in responses to answers about something like that, I myself picked up a few handy tips.

Here goes.

Okay. So, let us get on with it. That essay will not write itself.

I am going to give you some guidelines to write a decent essay. These principles are valid for an essay, no matter what the title is. You will be able to utilise these principles in more or less any writing you do. So, learn to understand these principles and how to apply them.

Like any other task worth doing you have to plan it and then work according to the plan.

Your first task will, therefore, be to develop your plan. Consider how much time you have to write the essay and develop a writing plan based on that. This will help you figure out how long to spend on each part of the essay writing process, and will also keep you on task.

Be honest about your strengths and weaknesses when devising your plan. For example, if you are a good researcher but not great at editing, spend less time on the research section in favour of spending more time on the revising section.

Once you have your plan you should consider what you want to write about.

You may know the topic of the essay well, but even if you don't, first consider the topic and different ways you could make arguments about it. Doing this preliminary brainstorming will not only direct you towards the appropriate research, but it will also help the writing process go more quickly. Accordingly, you should be sure that you understand what the essay will be about. If you don't have an essay topic, choose a subject that interests you and considers the essay question afterwards. You are more likely to write a good essay on a topic that you're interested in.

The next step is to develop your argument. Your argument is the point you're making in the essay through evidence and analysis. Develop your argument to help you direct your research and make the writing process go more quickly.

If you don't have much experience with your topic, it might be difficult to develop an argument. You can still consider your argument and then use your research to support or refute the claims you want to make.

A good exercise to help you quickly figure out your essay question and argument is to write "I am studying (choose a topic) because I want to know (what do you want to know) in order to show (this is where your argument goes)." For example, "I am studying the medieval witch trials because I want to know how lawyers employed evidence in their cases in order to show that the trial process influenced modern medical techniques and legal practices."

Consider counter-arguments in order to strengthen your essay.

Next, you must research your essay topic. You'll need to strategically research your topic to find the evidence that will help you construct your argument and form the body of your essay. There are many different types of sources you can use for research, from online journals and newspaper archives to primary sources at the library.

Since you may not have a lot of time to write, focus on one or two places where you can do research. For example, the library and the internet offer many different options for sources.

Just make sure that you use reliable sources, such as peer-reviewed journals, government and university websites, and newspapers and magazines written by professionals. Don't use personal blogs, obviously biased sources, or sources that don't have professional credentials.

You can draw upon the information you know to speed up the research process. Simply find a (reliable!) source to support it and include it in your sources.

Doing preliminary research online can point you to sources in a library such as books and journal articles. It can also point you in the direction of web sources including newspaper article archives or other research on your topic.

If you're reading books, "gut" the book to get through it quickly and move on to other sources. To "gut" a book, skim the introduction and conclusion to find the main arguments, and then pick a few details from the body of the book to use as evidence.

Take notes on your research sources. These will show that you've legitimately researched the topic while giving credit to the person who forwarded the idea. This is especially important if you plan to use direct quotes and will also help you add footnotes and bibliographic information to your essay without having to look them up in the sources.

So, now I recommend that you write an outline of your essay. Construct an outline of your essay to guide you through the writing process. By structuring it in the same form as your essay and adding evidence, you will simplify and expedite the writing process. You'll also be able to identify any areas that need better development.

Structure your outline as you will your essay, with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.

The more detail you put into your outline, the easier and more quickly you can write the essay. For example, instead of just writing a basic paragraph about the body, flesh it out into bullet points or sentences that present an argument and supporting evidence.

Write a catchy introduction. The introduction does exactly what the word says: it explains to the reader what you're going to say in the essay. The introduction should grab, or hook, your reader's attention and entice them to read the rest of the essay.

The most important part of your introduction is your argument. This tells the reader the point you're trying to make in the essay.

Write a "hook" that will grab the reader's attention to start, then introduce the argument with a few relevant facts woven into the narrative. End by stating how you will demonstrate your points.

An example of a hook could be, "People say Napoleon had a complex because of his size, but he was actually average height for the time in which he lived."

It's sometimes helpful to write the introduction after you have written the body so you know how to introduce the topic and your arguments best.

A good rule of thumb is to not have the introduction be more than 10% of your essay. Thus, for a five-page essay, you shouldn't write more than one paragraph.

Having completed all the above tasks you should proceed to write the body of the essay. The body of your essay will contain the substantive points that support your thesis statement or argument. Analysing two to three main points will strengthen your argument and add more words to your overall total.

Pick two to three main points to help make your argument. Any fewer and you won't have enough evidence for your argument and any more may make you not explore each point thoroughly enough.

Keep your evidence to support the main points concisely. Going off on explanatory tangents will cost you precious time.

Support your main points with the evidence compiled during your research. Make sure to explain how the evidence supports your claims!

If you haven't reached your word limit, pick a main point and conduct more research on it to expand on your point.

Write as clearly as possible. If you're writing quickly, it will simplify the process to write easy sentences without difficult grammatical structures. This also makes it less likely that you'll improperly use convoluted jargon.

Avoid "fat" language when you write. Text that includes long prepositional phrases, passive verbs, and paragraphs that don't further your argument waste time that you could spend writing or revising your essay.

Allow yourself to "free-write" to optimise your time. It's easier to draft text and subsequently edit than it is to work with nothing. By just allowing yourself to write freely, you're assured to have some text that you have something to shape during the revision process.

Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. If you're struggling with getting the wording of an idea just right, write it as well as you can and come back to it later.

Then, you will write the essay's conclusion. Like the introduction, the conclusion does exactly what the word implies: it brings your essay to an end. It provides a summary of your basic argument and should leave the reader with a strong impression of your work.

The essay conclusion should also be relatively short. Aim for the conclusion to be 5-10% of your essay's total length.

Aim to do more in your conclusion than just restate your thesis and the evidence you used. You could acknowledge the limitations of your argument, suggest a direction for future research, or expand the relevance of your topic to a wider field.

Just as you drew the reader in with a good introduction, end your conclusion with a sentence that makes a lasting impression on your reader.

Finally, you should revise and proofread your essay. No essay is good when it contains mistakes. Revising and proofreading it will ensure that the essay you composed quickly doesn't have any glaring errors. It's also important to revise and proofread so that you leave a good impression on your readers.

Re-read the entire essay. Make sure that you are still arguing the same thing at the end of the essay that you are at the beginning. If not, go back and adjust your arguments.

Make sure that your paragraphs build on one another and don't feel haphazard. You can use transitions and strong topic sentences to help you draw connections between your paragraphs.

Spelling and grammar are the easiest mistakes to revise, but they cost you a lot of reader goodwill if you don't fix them.

So? What do you think? You got quite a mouth full, didn't you? This is all just to write a decent essay! The satisfaction of having written a decent essay will be worth all this trouble and the effort that goes with it. Try it.

Take care and be nice.

Kind regards,

Bye.

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Hey Julia, Thanks for your question. Let us have a look at it to see what it is all about.

In my opinion and that is all it is, my opinion, I can hardly see that an essay is limited as far as length is concerned. An essay is per se an essay. Ever essay is an essay in its own right and has a specific task. There are essays, which is tasked to argue a particular viewpoint, which may in itself be very lengthy; then follows the anticipation of counter arguments and responses on those counter arguments. So, obviously an essay cannot be limited.

Of course, any essay, irrespective of its length may be published as reference book. Essays are normally not fiction as then, again in my opinion, it would be a short story albeit it very short or long story.

In response to your question, I would venture an answer of 'no' there is nothing wrong with a very long essay. As I've said; an essay is an essay no matter whether it is very long or very short.

There may be other opinions, but it would still be an opinion as I am not aware of prescript about the length of an essay.

So, keep on writing those long essays and say what needs to be said and go on, attack your gainsayers. It is your right.

Form your own opinion of what your needs are.

By the way. I have prepared an answer for questions relating to any guidelines about writing essays. I shall include it in this answer so that can scan through it. You may find something in there that may be useful, seeing that you are interested in essays (voluntary or not). When I first started researching the guidelines in responses to answers about something like that, I myself picked up a few handy tips.

Here goes.

Okay. So, let us get on with it. That essay will not write itself.

I am going to give you some guidelines to write a decent essay. These principles are valid for an essay, no matter what the title is. You will be able to utilise these principles in more or less any writing you do. So, learn to understand these principles and how to apply them.

Like any other task worth doing you have to plan it and then work according to the plan.

Your first task will, therefore, be to develop your plan. Consider how much time you have to write the essay and develop a writing plan based on that. This will help you figure out how long to spend on each part of the essay writing process, and will also keep you on task.

Be honest about your strengths and weaknesses when devising your plan. For example, if you are a good researcher but not great at editing, spend less time on the research section in favour of spending more time on the revising section.

Once you have your plan you should consider what you want to write about.

You may know the topic of the essay well, but even if you don't, first consider the topic and different ways you could make arguments about it. Doing this preliminary brainstorming will not only direct you towards the appropriate research, but it will also help the writing process go more quickly. Accordingly, you should be sure that you understand what the essay will be about. If you don't have an essay topic, choose a subject that interests you and considers the essay question afterwards. You are more likely to write a good essay on a topic that you're interested in.

The next step is to develop your argument. Your argument is the point you're making in the essay through evidence and analysis. Develop your argument to help you direct your research and make the writing process go more quickly.

If you don't have much experience with your topic, it might be difficult to develop an argument. You can still consider your argument and then use your research to support or refute the claims you want to make.

A good exercise to help you quickly figure out your essay question and argument is to write "I am studying (choose a topic) because I want to know (what do you want to know) in order to show (this is where your argument goes)." For example, "I am studying the medieval witch trials because I want to know how lawyers employed evidence in their cases in order to show that the trial process influenced modern medical techniques and legal practices."

Consider counter-arguments in order to strengthen your essay.

Next, you must research your essay topic. You'll need to strategically research your topic to find the evidence that will help you construct your argument and form the body of your essay. There are many different types of sources you can use for research, from online journals and newspaper archives to primary sources at the library.

Since you may not have a lot of time to write, focus on one or two places where you can do research. For example, the library and the internet offer many different options for sources.

Just make sure that you use reliable sources, such as peer-reviewed journals, government and university websites, and newspapers and magazines written by professionals. Don't use personal blogs, obviously biased sources, or sources that don't have professional credentials.

You can draw upon the information you know to speed up the research process. Simply find a (reliable!) source to support it and include it in your sources.

Doing preliminary research online can point you to sources in a library such as books and journal articles. It can also point you in the direction of web sources including newspaper article archives or other research on your topic.

If you're reading books, "gut" the book to get through it quickly and move on to other sources. To "gut" a book, skim the introduction and conclusion to find the main arguments, and then pick a few details from the body of the book to use as evidence.

Take notes on your research sources. These will show that you've legitimately researched the topic while giving credit to the person who forwarded the idea. This is especially important if you plan to use direct quotes and will also help you add footnotes and bibliographic information to your essay without having to look them up in the sources.

So, now I recommend that you write an outline of your essay. Construct an outline of your essay to guide you through the writing process. By structuring it in the same form as your essay and adding evidence, you will simplify and expedite the writing process. You'll also be able to identify any areas that need better development.

Structure your outline as you will your essay, with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.

The more detail you put into your outline, the easier and more quickly you can write the essay. For example, instead of just writing a basic paragraph about the body, flesh it out into bullet points or sentences that present an argument and supporting evidence.

Write a catchy introduction. The introduction does exactly what the word says: it explains to the reader what you're going to say in the essay. The introduction should grab, or hook, your reader's attention and entice them to read the rest of the essay.

The most important part of your introduction is your argument. This tells the reader the point you're trying to make in the essay.

Write a "hook" that will grab the reader's attention to start, then introduce the argument with a few relevant facts woven into the narrative. End by stating how you will demonstrate your points.

An example of a hook could be, "People say Napoleon had a complex because of his size, but he was actually average height for the time in which he lived."

It's sometimes helpful to write the introduction after you have written the body so you know how to introduce the topic and your arguments best.

A good rule of thumb is to not have the introduction be more than 10% of your essay. Thus, for a five-page essay, you shouldn't write more than one paragraph.

Having completed all the above tasks you should proceed to write the body of the essay. The body of your essay will contain the substantive points that support your thesis statement or argument. Analysing two to three main points will strengthen your argument and add more words to your overall total.

Pick two to three main points to help make your argument. Any fewer and you won't have enough evidence for your argument and any more may make you not explore each point thoroughly enough.

Keep your evidence to support the main points concisely. Going off on explanatory tangents will cost you precious time.

Support your main points with the evidence compiled during your research. Make sure to explain how the evidence supports your claims!

If you haven't reached your word limit, pick a main point and conduct more research on it to expand on your point.

Write as clearly as possible. If you're writing quickly, it will simplify the process to write easy sentences without difficult grammatical structures. This also makes it less likely that you'll improperly use convoluted jargon.

Avoid "fat" language when you write. Text that includes long prepositional phrases, passive verbs, and paragraphs that don't further your argument waste time that you could spend writing or revising your essay.

Allow yourself to "free-write" to optimise your time. It's easier to draft text and subsequently edit than it is to work with nothing. By just allowing yourself to write freely, you're assured to have some text that you have something to shape during the revision process.

Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. If you're struggling with getting the wording of an idea just right, write it as well as you can and come back to it later.

Then, you will write the essay's conclusion. Like the introduction, the conclusion does exactly what the word implies: it brings your essay to an end. It provides a summary of your basic argument and should leave the reader with a strong impression of your work.

The essay conclusion should also be relatively short. Aim for the conclusion to be 5-10% of your essay's total length.

Aim to do more in your conclusion than just restate your thesis and the evidence you used. You could acknowledge the limitations of your argument, suggest a direction for future research, or expand the relevance of your topic to a wider field.

Just as you drew the reader in with a good introduction, end your conclusion with a sentence that makes a lasting impression on your reader.

Finally, you should revise and proofread your essay. No essay is good when it contains mistakes. Revising and proofreading it will ensure that the essay you composed quickly doesn't have any glaring errors. It's also important to revise and proofread so that you leave a good impression on your readers.

Re-read the entire essay. Make sure that you are still arguing the same thing at the end of the essay that you are at the beginning. If not, go back and adjust your arguments.

Make sure that your paragraphs build on one another and don't feel haphazard. You can use transitions and strong topic sentences to help you draw connections between your paragraphs.

Spelling and grammar are the easiest mistakes to revise, but they cost you a lot of reader goodwill if you don't fix them.

So? What do you think? You got quite a mouth full, didn't you? This is all just to write a decent essay! The satisfaction of having written a decent essay will be worth all this trouble and the effort that goes with it. Try it.

Take care and be nice.

Kind regards,

Bye.

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Hey Julia, Thanks for your question. Let us have a look at it to see what it is all about.

In my opinion and that is all it is, my opinion, I can hardly see that an essay is limited as far as length is concerned. An essay is per se an essay. Ever essay is an essay in its own right and has a specific task. There are essays, which is tasked to argue a particular viewpoint, which may in itself be very lengthy; then follows the anticipation of counter arguments and responses on those counter arguments. So, obviously an essay cannot be limited.

Of course, any essay, irrespective of its length may be published as reference book. Essays are normally not fiction as then, again in my opinion, it would be a short story albeit it very short or long story.

In response to your question, I would venture an answer of 'no' there is nothing wrong with a very long essay. As I've said; an essay is an essay no matter whether it is very long or very short.

There may be other opinions, but it would still be an opinion as I am not aware of prescript about the length of an essay.

So, keep on writing those long essays and say what needs to be said and go on, attack your gainsayers. It is your right.

Form your own opinion of what your needs are.

By the way. I have prepared an answer for questions relating to any guidelines about writing essays. I shall include it in this answer so that can scan through it. You may find something in there that may be useful, seeing that you are interested in essays (voluntary or not). When I first started researching the guidelines in responses to answers about something like that, I myself picked up a few handy tips.

Here goes.

Okay. So, let us get on with it. That essay will not write itself.

I am going to give you some guidelines to write a decent essay. These principles are valid for an essay, no matter what the title is. You will be able to utilise these principles in more or less any writing you do. So, learn to understand these principles and how to apply them.

Like any other task worth doing you have to plan it and then work according to the plan.

Your first task will, therefore, be to develop your plan. Consider how much time you have to write the essay and develop a writing plan based on that. This will help you figure out how long to spend on each part of the essay writing process, and will also keep you on task.

Be honest about your strengths and weaknesses when devising your plan. For example, if you are a good researcher but not great at editing, spend less time on the research section in favour of spending more time on the revising section.

Once you have your plan you should consider what you want to write about.

You may know the topic of the essay well, but even if you don't, first consider the topic and different ways you could make arguments about it. Doing this preliminary brainstorming will not only direct you towards the appropriate research, but it will also help the writing process go more quickly. Accordingly, you should be sure that you understand what the essay will be about. If you don't have an essay topic, choose a subject that interests you and considers the essay question afterwards. You are more likely to write a good essay on a topic that you're interested in.

The next step is to develop your argument. Your argument is the point you're making in the essay through evidence and analysis. Develop your argument to help you direct your research and make the writing process go more quickly.

If you don't have much experience with your topic, it might be difficult to develop an argument. You can still consider your argument and then use your research to support or refute the claims you want to make.

A good exercise to help you quickly figure out your essay question and argument is to write "I am studying (choose a topic) because I want to know (what do you want to know) in order to show (this is where your argument goes)." For example, "I am studying the medieval witch trials because I want to know how lawyers employed evidence in their cases in order to show that the trial process influenced modern medical techniques and legal practices."

Consider counter-arguments in order to strengthen your essay.

Next, you must research your essay topic. You'll need to strategically research your topic to find the evidence that will help you construct your argument and form the body of your essay. There are many different types of sources you can use for research, from online journals and newspaper archives to primary sources at the library.

Since you may not have a lot of time to write, focus on one or two places where you can do research. For example, the library and the internet offer many different options for sources.

Just make sure that you use reliable sources, such as peer-reviewed journals, government and university websites, and newspapers and magazines written by professionals. Don't use personal blogs, obviously biased sources, or sources that don't have professional credentials.

You can draw upon the information you know to speed up the research process. Simply find a (reliable!) source to support it and include it in your sources.

Doing preliminary research online can point you to sources in a library such as books and journal articles. It can also point you in the direction of web sources including newspaper article archives or other research on your topic.

If you're reading books, "gut" the book to get through it quickly and move on to other sources. To "gut" a book, skim the introduction and conclusion to find the main arguments, and then pick a few details from the body of the book to use as evidence.

Take notes on your research sources. These will show that you've legitimately researched the topic while giving credit to the person who forwarded the idea. This is especially important if you plan to use direct quotes and will also help you add footnotes and bibliographic information to your essay without having to look them up in the sources.

So, now I recommend that you write an outline of your essay. Construct an outline of your essay to guide you through the writing process. By structuring it in the same form as your essay and adding evidence, you will simplify and expedite the writing process. You'll also be able to identify any areas that need better development.

Structure your outline as you will your essay, with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.

The more detail you put into your outline, the easier and more quickly you can write the essay. For example, instead of just writing a basic paragraph about the body, flesh it out into bullet points or sentences that present an argument and supporting evidence.

Write a catchy introduction. The introduction does exactly what the word says: it explains to the reader what you're going to say in the essay. The introduction should grab, or hook, your reader's attention and entice them to read the rest of the essay.

The most important part of your introduction is your argument. This tells the reader the point you're trying to make in the essay.

Write a "hook" that will grab the reader's attention to start, then introduce the argument with a few relevant facts woven into the narrative. End by stating how you will demonstrate your points.

An example of a hook could be, "People say Napoleon had a complex because of his size, but he was actually average height for the time in which he lived."

It's sometimes helpful to write the introduction after you have written the body so you know how to introduce the topic and your arguments best.

A good rule of thumb is to not have the introduction be more than 10% of your essay. Thus, for a five-page essay, you shouldn't write more than one paragraph.

Having completed all the above tasks you should proceed to write the body of the essay. The body of your essay will contain the substantive points that support your thesis statement or argument. Analysing two to three main points will strengthen your argument and add more words to your overall total.

Pick two to three main points to help make your argument. Any fewer and you won't have enough evidence for your argument and any more may make you not explore each point thoroughly enough.

Keep your evidence to support the main points concisely. Going off on explanatory tangents will cost you precious time.

Support your main points with the evidence compiled during your research. Make sure to explain how the evidence supports your claims!

If you haven't reached your word limit, pick a main point and conduct more research on it to expand on your point.

Write as clearly as possible. If you're writing quickly, it will simplify the process to write easy sentences without difficult grammatical structures. This also makes it less likely that you'll improperly use convoluted jargon.

Avoid "fat" language when you write. Text that includes long prepositional phrases, passive verbs, and paragraphs that don't further your argument waste time that you could spend writing or revising your essay.

Allow yourself to "free-write" to optimise your time. It's easier to draft text and subsequently edit than it is to work with nothing. By just allowing yourself to write freely, you're assured to have some text that you have something to shape during the revision process.

Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. Free-writing can also help you overcome writer's block that results from not knowing how to say something. If you're struggling with getting the wording of an idea just right, write it as well as you can and come back to it later.

Then, you will write the essay's conclusion. Like the introduction, the conclusion does exactly what the word implies: it brings your essay to an end. It provides a summary of your basic argument and should leave the reader with a strong impression of your work.

The essay conclusion should also be relatively short. Aim for the conclusion to be 5-10% of your essay's total length.

Aim to do more in your conclusion than just restate your thesis and the evidence you used. You could acknowledge the limitations of your argument, suggest a direction for future research, or expand the relevance of your topic to a wider field.

Just as you drew the reader in with a good introduction, end your conclusion with a sentence that makes a lasting impression on your reader.

Finally, you should revise and proofread your essay. No essay is good when it contains mistakes. Revising and proofreading it will ensure that the essay you composed quickly doesn't have any glaring errors. It's also important to revise and proofread so that you leave a good impression on your readers.

Re-read the entire essay. Make sure that you are still arguing the same thing at the end of the essay that you are at the beginning. If not, go back and adjust your arguments.

Make sure that your paragraphs build on one another and don't feel haphazard. You can use transitions and strong topic sentences to help you draw connections between your paragraphs.

Spelling and grammar are the easiest mistakes to revise, but they cost you a lot of reader goodwill if you don't fix them.

So? What do you think? You got quite a mouth full, didn't you? This is all just to write a decent essay! The satisfaction of having written a decent essay will be worth all this trouble and the effort that goes with it. Try it.

Take care and be nice.

Kind regards,

Bye.

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