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a hidden quick way to improve your first draft: move the last paragraph of your essay to the first. i've spotted this pattern in hundreds of students' essays: the clearest thesis is found at the very end. why is that?

a hidden quick way to improve your first draft: move the last paragraph of your essay to the first. i've spotted this pattern in hundreds of students' essays: the clearest thesis is found at the very end. why is that?

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neuroscience phd, DeSci advocate, interfaith chaplain. co-host of the /okbanger show and vibe imagineer for /christin. https://seemore.tv/christin

what happens is that as we are writing, we're clarifying our thinking. sometimes it takes five paragraphs before we know what we really want to say. so the conclusion ends up being the clearest paragraph out of all the ones we've written.

I hope this quick fix helps you improve your essay by starting off with a clear thesis.

when we're editing, our goal is to clarify our writing for the audience. so one of the quickest things you can do is move that last paragraph to the beginning, and revise the rest of your essay based on this new introductory paragraph.

Wow, this is true !!
The more we express, the more clarity we get

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Same thing happens in a coaching session. I ask for take-always at then end, and often that’s when the breakthrough happens.