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Writing Winning Essays Using Step-By-Step Actions
Describing the step-by-step actions leading to the main event or thesis
of your essay builds readers’ interest in your essay. For
example, if you write about walking to the mailbox in anticipation
of receiving an acceptance letter from one of your universities, describe
details about events leading to opening the letter – walking
out the front door of your house, the jingle of the mailbox key against
the coins in your pocket as you walk hurriedly down the sidewalk to
the mailbox, anxiously pulling out the key and nervously inserting
it into the lock to open the mailbox door, the faint squeak of the
small metal door as it opens and the nervous excitement of seeing several
letters in the mailbox, pulling out and frantically sifting through
the envelopes to find the letter from your university, nervously opening
the letter, and the joy and relief of finding out you’re accepted.
Write step-by-step actions with fascinating details to make your essay
outstanding. Have readers live the experience with you – have
them feel the anxiety, nervousness, excitement and thrill of the event
you’re describing!
To write a “winning essay”, you can use:
Detailed descriptions.
Detailed step-by-step
actions leading to the significant event or thesis of your essay.
Conversations
with actual quotes from people in the conversation.
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