Essay writing competitions are of mainly two types, in one type the topic for an essay is given to the students prior to the competition, while in the other types, the topics for the essay are given 15 mins prior to or at the time of the essay writing competition begins.
Essay writing competition usually rewards students with certificates and school trophies. At times depending upon how big the competition is students are also rewarded paycheck.
In this article, we will tell you about the tips and tricks that you, as a student can follow to make your essay stand out in the essay writing competition.
Uniqueness
To make your essay stand out you need to provide something that others fail to. The uniqueness in your content is one key to win any essay writing competition, whether it is school level or national level.
How to write a unique content?
The best way to gather unique content for your essay is through researching. Research about the given topic in books and on the sites that are not easily available to everyone.
While researching content for your topic you need to do an in-depth search. You can access online as well as offline libraries to find books that may contain the content for your essay.
When you refer to books you automatically stand out from others as most of the students do basic search and choose the topic that appears at the top of the search list.
Always make sure that the source of your content is unique and less likely to be searched by your competitors.
Presentation
When writing the essay make sure the presentation of the essay is pleasing to the eyes of the reader.
This does not mean that you must write with different color inks and make your essay colorful, instead, you should totally avoid that as such essays look childish and not professional.
When you are writing the essay, choose only one color ink for your entire essay. Always start your essay with a fresh ink pen, so it does not run out of ink in the middle of the essay.
Also, when you are writing important points you can either use a highlighter or different ink pen to highlight the important points. But make sure it is an either black or blue pen. Do not use a red ink pen or any other color.
If you do not have black or blue you can use a green ink pen for highlighting. When highlighting do not highlight the whole paragraphs rather highlight only the main topic or word or even a phrase that you feel is important.
When you highlight the important points, it saves time for the reader as the reader can easily read the highlight points and mark you accordingly.
In the presentation, one of the most important things to focus on is your handwriting. Your handwriting must be eligible to the reader, else it can leave a bad impression, as the reader will have to spend a lot of time trying to decipher your sentences.
We know, one can’t change one’s handwriting instantly, so we have a tip that you can follow in case you know your handwriting could be hard to decipher.
When writing the essay, you must leave sufficient gaps between the words, or try writing only 10 or 7 words in a single line depending upon the length of the line on the paper that you are writing.
One more thing to remember is if you do not have another ink pen for highlighting, you can easily underline the word or phrase instead. And in case you have written a wrong word, do not make a mess of it, rather simply put a line on the word with a pencil or pen.
Personal touch
When you have given a personal topic for your essay writing competition you can get help for your essay from your friends and family members. Talk to your close friends and know their experiences that may be related to the topic.
When writing an essay for your essay writing competition, if you include actual real-life experiences, either of your own or of the people you know, you can easily make your essay stand out from others.
When your essay has a personal touch to it, it appeals to the reader more than the facts that they already know about.
You can even add a quote or lines of poetry in the beginning or at the end of the essay, to improve the quality of the essay, and if you write these quotes and poems of your own, that would add more authenticity to the essay.
Conclusion
Essay writing competition not only challenges one’s writing skills but also, one’s presentation skills, thinking ability, and one’s ability to express thoughts and opinions.
By giving a personal touch to the essay the writer can appeal in a better way to the reader.
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