How to Write Better Essays

The next stage

With your essay completed, along with the reference list and bibliog-

raphy, it’s time to put it aside for a day or two, so that you can come

back with a fresh mind to revise it.

In the next stage you will learn how to revise your essay without

killing off your most creative ideas and without breaking up the fluency

of your prose. Indeed, you will see how effective revision can be in

giving your work the sort of polish that elevates your essay from being

just a good piece of work into one that is interesting and thought

provoking.

Note

1 For the most detailed account of many of the systems used, refer to Gordon

Harvey, Writing with Sources: A Guide for Harvard Students(Cambridge,

Mass., 1995).

Available at: http//www.fas.harvard.edu/~expos/sources

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Assignment 12

Reference list and bibliography

Now that you’ve completed this exercise, compile your reference list

and a bibliography for the essay you’ve chosen to work on in these

assignments.

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