How to Write Essays and Research Papers More Quickly 

This is useful advice for RU-vidrs, too.

I recommend a previous step to research: Try to write your essay first without sources. It allows you to clear your thoughts, detect biases, find what info you lack, what sources you will need, allow you to be really original and be less anxious about the quality or have a writer's drought.

there was one semester in college when i had a 12 page paper, a 5 page paper, and then another 8 page paper all due around finals week. after i got through that, i never struggled with papers ever again. this is coming from someone who chose to study a hard science all because of essay-phobia 😂 one tip i picked up over the years: after (and while) you do your research, just start dumping all your disparate ideas down onto a blank doc, even if they're disjointed and not in actual sentences. don't even bullet point or organize, just dump. and then build your thesis around the ideas you've put down. i found this approach a lot more helpful to structuring my papers than the classic build an outline by coming up with a thesis and then listing a bunch of facts that support it. it also made my papers sound way more organic and not as stiff and obviously formulaic.

Step 1: Tap into the speed force Step 2: Write a 20 page essay in 7 seconds

I was just about to start writing an essay. This is a strange coincidence.

I watched this instead of doing my essay.

I have a 5 page essay due tomorrow, this couldn't have come sooner.

I'm literally watching this video while my paper is due in 8 hours :/

You should do a video on scientific writing since it’s vastly different from essay writing. It’s also very formulaic and filled with norms that many people are not aware of.

1:24 Faster Research [Find sources (2:37) >> Make copies (3:30) >> Annotate them >> Decide if you are done (3:55)] 4:17 Quality over Quantity (Sources, Arguments, Vocabulary) 5:49 Perfectionism (Write body paragraphs before intro and conclusion) 7:31 Use a citation generator

"A temptation to utilize a cornucopia of abstruse, esoteric terminology, contrapositive to the vernacular..." I see what you did there, bad boy.

well made sir. my main problem is always the introduction as it causes me to overthink which then causes me to not do jack sh*t. thanks for the tip to start at the body first. simply brilliant

A tip I came upon in terms of editing was to change the font or the size of the font when rereading and editing. It really helps because often times it is easy to gloss over your essay when you've looked at it so many times. At that point, rereading isn't really helping. When you change the font or the size your eyes are forced to actually read the essay and pick up on mistakes you would have missed.

I'm about to get started on two 8-10 pages that are due on Wednesday. These are also the last two papers of my college career. Wish me luck!

Currently writing a 30 page history thesis. Got hit with covid(and unfortunately brain fog) during the semester and then a bunch of midterm papers and tests. I suddenly found myself very very close to the thesis draft deadline with next to nothing done. First steps I took was to outline. My general topic is understood, but the actual question and thesis is somewhat vague. 30 pages is a lot so I divided my paper up into sections of smaller papers. I found myself getting lost in sources which didn’t help the fact that my actual argument wasn’t totally clear. I was looking at sources with the hopes that they would help me narrow it down. The advice on sources and research was very helpful for me so thank you!

Your content and presentation skills just get better every year Thomas. its a pleasure to watch and learn from you.

I'll tell you to write essays more quickly Stop watching these super good looking, interesting, well written, videos which have cool thumbnail.

me: i need to stop procrastinating also me: watching this while writing my 1200 word essay due tmrw

Wow, my luck must be really good this week! I have both a big essay, and a big research paper to write this week and I couldn't have asked for a better video to come out from college info geek. Yasss!

it's crazy how timely this is. thanks CIG!

I literally started writing an essay today which is due this week. Timing couldn't have been better, thank you Tom!

Love your videos. I get inspired each time I watch them

Thank you for the tips! I’ve been procrastinating on my 20 page psych paper, it helps to listen to how to tackle it to get my brain going! Have a lovely day!!

Wow, this was very timely. I have a paper due before midnight. Thank you Thomas!

I literally needed this video today

Great video! I think the cite generator is something a lot of people don’t know about and it is essential to have.

Thanks for the great tips! I feel more confident about my next essay already.

I appreciate the quality of your videos and the points you present. Earned a sub

Thanks so much! This was super helpful

this dude helps me get thru school no cap

Find your channel while looking for tips for writing a paper, and I immediately notice the MMX6 poster behind you. Love it. Also, great video about writing.

That Brilliant recommendation came in very helpful, thank you a lot Thomas.

This is exactly what I've needed! Thank you super much!

When your making an essay and you want to be a pro and so you almost read the whole field that you've gone out of the range of your research then ending up in procrastination. Yes! I feel it! ALWAYS...

Hey Frank, I love your videos bro. I found the tips you gave us very useful. However, sometimes the citation generators give the wrong citations sometimes. Keep up the good work man.

This is my first time enjoying your RU-vid channel. Great work! I’m looking forward to more great content from you. Thank you so much for this informative video! I got so much out of it.

I like how this came out on Sunday, and I have a paper due on Monday!

Perfect Timing! I have a research paper coming up haha thank you!

Thanks man, this was super helpful!

The steps.mentioned here are also good for writing blogs, thesis, any analytical essay on real case studies, simply your thoughts or experience, case studies and even auto-biography/biography.Steps are pretty much the same but adapted each one's own preferred style, official emails, presentation s, patent drafts and any form of writing which may or may not require any data collection. In nutshell, you're taking us back to first principles taught in grade VI of a good school Thanks for creating this video

My 20-pager is due in 2 days and I've been having trouble with the last section, thank you!

Thank you for this video ⭐

Thanks a ton, very helpful and helps reduce the stress of writing papers.

This video is a blessing 😫

Three papers due this week including a 15 page research paper 😭

Thank you very much Thomas. I was so confused n scared to start my essay.

Thomas u are amazing, it is like you read my mind. I have three essay due in the period of two weeks. Thank you!!

Thanks thomas, for the advice. I will give it a try.

I just started writing biology scripts again, thanks so much for this!

Thank you, I need to finish writing my essay today!

u read my mind, I just wanted something on writing a research paper, thanks tom ... appreciate it

Thank you for sharing.

Thank you! It was such a time-consuming job to write down references for a big report. Citation generator really helped :)

I think this video would help so many students, I wish and pray more people see it. Thank you Thomas for sharing your knowledge and experience, these tactics are not time consuming and so impactful.😌 Pls guys don’t sleep on this channel ⚡️😩

So helpful. Thank you

Thank you Thomas!

This video is so timely! I have a term paper due today that I haven't had the time to start.

Very good content! Thank you so much! Could you make a video about how to develop those more fundamenta writing skills that you speak about? That would be very useful.

I need this right now got some essays due in for Friday!

Soooooo helpful.....waiting for this topic soo long....

I like the don’t write from the intro first thing!! That’s great!

This video couldn't have come at a better time. I planned to finish my legal paper over the weekend, but got stuck in the muck of perfectionism and researching​ too much. After this I'll probably start afresh with more confidence. :)

My process has been similar. I picked up some great tips here, though! Thank you!

You came in at the right time. I have 3 essays due this week

I love hos this came out a few days before the thesis statement of my first bigger assignment came out. Good luck to yall who are in a similar position!

I'm trying to get myself to start my dissertation with this video

Thank you so much This is really helpful!!!!!

Really need this right now! Have a 5-page essay due soon!

Thomas single-handedly correcting my mistakes made throughout my education

Thank you for this video. I wish I had taken the time to watch this before my midterm essay, though. But, I'll put these tips into practice for the rest of my semester.

The timing couldn’t be any more perfect haha, was just in the middle of writing an essay.

So useful tips I will surely follow this Thank You sir This really helped me to get better

Thank You Thomas Frank

This video is helpful now hopefully I can sit down and start writing

this helped so much

One tip i discovered was a quick way to google a topic only from a specific website. As a student, i'm sure most of us are discouraged by our teachers and lecturers to use internet as a source, but there are a few exceptions. There's a quick way to look for topics in that exceptional website. Just open google and type in the topic of interest followed by ; and then the recommended website. For example 'psoriasis; emedicine.medscape.com'. automatically, the google search results will only show psoriasis topics from emedicine.medscape.com. For medical students, if you must use internet as your reference the best online source out there is a emedicine.medscape.com. (emphasis on the emedicine, as this is different from the normal medscape for laymen, as it's peer reviewed, up to date, more scientific and uses more medical terms). I find it very useful in doing quick revisions and fact checks. Just a tip because it was a life saver for my last case write up :)

Thank you! You deserve at least a million subs

Hey Thomas, thanks for again an informative and helpful video! I really enjoy learning and implementing all those tips from you, which help me to get a better student. I am doing my final exams this year and I wanted to ask you, if you could do a video about how to study for big tests like this. It's basically a test about the last two schoolyears so who do I revise best 🤔 If there is already a video, podcast or blog post about that, I would be happy if you could tell me.

Your videos are quality

wow, just got back from work and i had an unfinished essay to do. youre a life-saver

Love your megaman poster!

I have 2 2,500 wrd essays due tomorrow. You seem to upload the right videos when I need them lol

This is a nice guide to help students save time without sacrificing quality. I should recommend this to second year students. Though I am surprised you skip the outline.

I love man. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for sharing this video and all the information in it as I think it’s going to help me understand things. I am in the beginning of trying to figure out how to write contacts online and how to go about my articles and research since I haven’t done this in many years since high school and not sure how to go about it.

I'm literally writing a literature review right now... Thanks for posting this now!

Currently during a study sesh I'll be back thomas ✋🏻❤️

Thanks a ton! This was both informative and kind of inspiring.

Love you man! I just started writing my essay when my phone (yeah it should have been off, but...) RU-vid notification fired with this video! Haha thanks!

Hi Thomas! Can you make a video on how to manage university studies while getting struck by a sickness?(Also, if you could make a video on how to avoid sickness that would also be nice).

AP Language and Composition argumentative paper due tomorrow... I need this!!

God bless you, dearest. You helped me a lot. Cause I am spiralling down a rabbit hole. Thanks for the tips. Take care Regards, Ash (An always struggling university student)

Thanks Frank I needed this! In my English class we are writing a research paper about Columbus.

Thank you!!

Am here to learn how to write essays and I can’t stop admiring this man …. 😍🤓🤓

5:18 Best title ever

TOMAS FRANK! I LOVE YOUR VIDS! It's is a great skill to learn how to research effectively and the rest of your video has great information too. But, for your first tip I quickly want to write... **Librarian assistance, is a priceless resource.** I love libraries and practically live in them. One thing I have learned is, that it takes time to develop the skills needed to learn how to research in general. Plus, even if you know how to go through catalogs of information, it can be overwhelming. In my youth, I learned that Librarians generally have Masters of Library and Informational Science. They are experts in researching topics for you... it's what they are paid for. The amount I learned from them is invaluable, and now I only tend to use them when I; am short on time, feel stumped on where to start, or if I feel that there is something else missing in my research. You'd be surprised at a good librarian's uncanny ability to find exactly what you need in a insanely short amount of time (I'm talking about what would have taken hours they do it in minutes). Don't be afraid to ask for help, pick their brains, ask for tips on how they found their sources for you, and take their advice. These Wizards has saved me tons of time, even compared to using a computer and "googling" my sources on my own. Not only will this save you time but, it also gets the ball rolling for your writing. Which in turn, decreases the chance of procrastination. As we all know that, "the first step, is always the hardest." Great stuff as always. Hope you/others read this, and it helps ya'll in your lives. Thanks.

Cool. Thanks so much.

It’s scary how you always get on time with my school dilemmas. Like were you born a psychic or what? You’re awesome.

Thanks