Recent content by Aseko

I'm a STEM major, so writing isn't my natural strength. My research papers used to be these rambling messes where I'd just dump all my information into paragraphs and hope for the best. My professor's feedback was always "unclear organization" or "this paragraph has multiple ideas." Then a...

I have a confession: I'm a decent writer. Once I have my sources and my argument, I can put the words together pretty well. But the research part? The part where I have to find the sources in the first place? I am completely lost. My process right now is: go to Google Scholar, type in some...

I did a deep dive on this last semester when I was desperate. Here's what I found from actual student forums: PaperHelp – Consistently rated high, good for research papers, $15-25/page 1Essay.org – Fast turnaround, 50+ subjects, $11+/page EssayPro – You pick your writer, unlimited revisions...

Like give me Adobe Creative Cloud any day over citation formatting 😭 One thing that helped me: use citation generators but DOUBLE CHECK THEM. I used EasyBib once and it got my article title wrong and I lost points. Now I use MyBib (free, no ads) and still check against Purdue OWL. Also, pro...

Liam this is EXACTLY what my thesis advisor makes me do and I fought it for so long but now I get it. The full sentences force you to actually HAVE an argument, not just a topic. One thing I'd add: color code your sources in the outline. I use blue for quotes from source A, green for source B...

My professor just returned our drafts with feedback. It's... a lot. There are comments everywhere. Some are big ("this argument needs more evidence"), some are medium ("reorganize this section"), and some are tiny ("comma splice"). I'm totally overwhelmed. I don't know where to start, and I'm...