Plan Projects - Ten priorities for proficient academic writing - The parts of ten

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Plan Projects
Ten priorities for proficient academic writing
The parts of ten

You’ve heard the expression that not having a plan is a plan for failure. Study the experiences of people who failed to plan and then failed. Plan writing projects like you would plan your own college graduation party. Overestimate the time required for major tasks and assume time conflicts with other courses. Begin planning the day the project is assigned and reviewed in class, while the information is fresh in your mind.

Schedule the most important challenges first: developing a focused topic, researching, and gathering evidence. Schedule peer review time and revising time. Keep a to-do list that includes questions to ask your professor. Record assignment-related dates in your electronic calendar. If you don’t have an electronic calendar, make the transition; you’re the Snapchat generation, after all. Schedule dates in your plan to have your assignments completed for reviews.

Determine goal-accomplishment deadlines for major and minor projects. College deadlines are carved in stone. Professors discover early in their careers the long-lasting implications of the slightest change in any deadline. If you feel like you over-plan, you have it right. If you under-plan, resources are available on your campus to help you with planning and time management.