studypetals:

hello! i have some tips, but i’m only going to list a few because if i keep going this is going to turn into a masterpost of sorts haha! 

some tips i have for you: 

• start with the conclusion first, and make it boom
  
• this sounds weird, but it works 
• once you figure out a bomb ending, you can somewhat get a sense of how you want to lead into it
• make your reader think after reading your last sentence 
• throughout the body paragraphs, lead the reader, but let them know where they are going first
• first sentence should be the “what/who” 
• the next few sentences should be the “why” 
• separate ideas by paragraph to make your argument concise
• change up your sentence length and structure to make it flow
• if you have a bunch of plain sentences with no punctuation, one after the other, that’s really dragging the reader through the swamp. 
• seriously, that’s like getting stopped at every red light. let them go sometimes! 
• i’ll show an example: 
• No changes in structure: “Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy. It was about two kids in love. It all ended in pain. There was nothing good about it. They should have never met.” 
  
• Changes in structure: “Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy. It was about two kids in love, and yet it all ended in pain. Was there anything good about it? No… Turns out, they should have never met.” 
• try not to put the same word close together 
• i don’t know why this is bothersome, but it just is 
• instead of saying something like, “Romeo was a good kid. People talked about Romeo all the time.” 
• say something like, “Romeo was a good kid; people talked about him all the time.” 
• this goes for regular words, not just names

if you want more tips, i have a bunch. just let me know and i’ll think about writing a longer list!