Haven't had that happen with me yet, looks like I need to up my game.
Something that happens often when writing real essays, but hardly ever when writing "essays" in school: restarting from a point several paragraphs from the end of what you've written so far, and discarding the orphaned paragraphs.
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One has skin in the game when composing "real" essays. Any effort that is real, that has real consequences, causes one to work harder/better
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And a computer. Writing on paper should be a thing of the past even for students.
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Agreed. Writing pushes you to structure your thoughts, which helps in improving conceptual clarity. Verbal discussions often are unstructured and incoherent.
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I've always thought that kids would actually enjoy writing essays if you gave them free control of the topic, as opposed to desiring dozens of essays on how some existentialist poem 'changed' their life.
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Probably requires a balance. "Write about anything" can be intimidating in it's openness.
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I've experienced this since I started writing long blog posts. I find it useful to read the article from the last paragraph/sentence to the first. I catch many mistakes and inconsistencies this way.
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Can happen with more than just essays. As you struggle to develop new ideas you can have breakthroughs that make previous thoughts obsolete.
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Well, yes. In school the only point of the essay is to complete it. If it makes sense or is convincing is merely a bonus.
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"Chekov encouraged writers to take the story they had written, throw away the first half and start in the middle. He was urging writers to start with action, not background." - Stephen Dobyns, “Writing the Reader’s Life”
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