Writing a 1000 Words Essay
April 11th, 2010It sounds like a lot, since we tend to associate the number one thousand with a big amount. But actually, a 1000 words essay is something quite short if you think about it. If you are typing it on Word, with a Times New Roman 12 font, it will only take a couple of pages. In fact, the real challenge is using that amount of words to say something truly significant and with some kind of academic value.
At first, one tends to believe that short essays are easier to prepare than long ones, when in fact the opposite is true. When the student is only allowed to write a certain number of words, they may find themselves restricted and bounded. What can you do in order to write the best possible essay with no more than 1000 words? And why is it fundamental to constrain yourself to that precise extension after all?