This blog is written to guide you to write better essay .it is  an essential skill which takes time to develop. It is very important that you learn what constitutes good quality academic work and that you also learn how to present that work in the appropriate format, making use of standard scholarly conventions. i set out here the guidelines that you should follow in the work that you submit .

This post is divided into the following sections:

1. What is an Essay? 
2. Ten Steps Towards a Good Essay 
3. Plagiarism 
4. Basic Essay Rules 
5. References 
6. Author / Date Example 
7. Bibliography Example 
8. Common Errors

For the shake of your better learning i will post this 8 topics into several different post.In this very first post i will discuss about "what is essay?"

                                                       What is an Essay???

Many students find written work the single most challenging part of their study, but with application and effort all students can improve their writing style . It is important to remember that we are not expecting you to become professional-standard writers, rather, we aim to enable you to use language in the clearest manner to articulate your ideas in written work.

Before you start a piece of written work, first ask yourself what is required of the assessment. An academic essay at university level is very different from the sort of written work expected at school or college. Much of the work submitted to us, although it may be intelligent and contain correct, well-organised information, lacks the levels of forethought, critical insight and interrogation which characterize a university-level essay.

A good essay should map out a single coherent argument, using supporting evidence and analysis to back up each point. Too often, essays consist of a set of loosely related observations or insights – very often perfectly valid individually in themselves, but not pulling together to form a coherent whole. To gain a good idea how to go about your essay, imagine how a lawyer would argue a case in a court of law. He or she would have one central argument to prove (for example, person A is guilty of fraud, or person B is innocent of all charges), and would use supporting evidence to back up their claim. The evidence must come from a variety of reputable sources to form a watertight case (police reports, witness statements, close questioning of the parties involved, etc). Your essay should ideally follow this pattern: decide on your central argument, and use the most convincing evidence to back up your point. Using a wide variety of sources (books, journals, reputable internet sites, combined with appropriate musical examples) will make your argument more convincing.

                                        Ten Steps Towards a Good Essay

1. Read the coursework brief carefully and make sure you understand the assessment criteria.It is in your best interests to understand what you tutor expects from each piece of work: coursework which veers away from the brief may not meet some of the assessment criteria and may score badly as a result.
2. When what is required is fully understood, spend time on the research and preparation of materials. Read books, journals, articles from a variety of sources, and listen to relevant music.
3. Plan out in a sentence or two what your main argument will be. Also, make a note of each subsidiary point you wish to make, as well as any important references and musical examples.
4. The next step in the procedure is to map out a plan for the essay - how will the argument develop? How will you move coherently from one point to the next?
5. Now, with all your research organised and the information planned, write an initial draft of the essay.
6.  Read through your essay to check the fluency of your work. Often, reading the essay out loud will pick up certain errors, awkward expressions or unnecessary repetitions – these are aspects of our writing that we often miss when we read our work silently to ourselves.
7. Make corrections and play around with the draft, checking whether the paragraph-scheme develops effectively, the main research is brought to bear, and the wording is clear.
8.  You may find it useful at this point to give your essay to a friend to read. Ask them whether it makes sense to them, whether they can spot any mistakes in the text. It may also be helpful to you if you ask them to tell you in their own words what argument you are making in the essay. Ask them also if they can give an account of how the argument develops point by point. Can they clearly outline what you have in mind? If not, you probably need to redraft the piece.
9.  Once you have arrived at a final version of the essay, spellcheck it and proofread it carefully, then hand it in.
10.  When your essay has been marked, learn from your tutor’s comments how to improve your next piece of work.

 That's all for today. i will post the next articles within the next 24 hours.if you didn't get any point feel free to ask me on comment section.

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