When asked to write a lengthy write-up, like an extended essay or a dissertation, a good strategy would be breaking the work down into smaller manageable tasks. Students are normally overwhelmed with the amount of work that they receive so instead of thinking of ways to get the work done they make up excuses and whine causing delay. It is more efficient to take the entire load of work one part at a time rather than finishing everything in one go. That way your line of thought will only be directed to a certain set of ideas and your approach on the essay will be more specific.

Each one of the smaller chunk of the whole essay will be shorter thus will be easier and will be relatively quick to complete. Don’t be too ambitious at first. Setting a simple goal will be far more effective than giving yourself a target that you might never achieve. You will realise that it will be very rewarding to finish a well-crafted paragraph. Who knows that single paragraph you accomplished might draw out a little enthusiasm in you and make you add a paragraph more.

The only difficult part in essay writing is having that first spark. By chunking your workload into smaller bits, you might be able to inspire that spark. But if you find it difficult to write the first paragraph, you can always skip down and choose a certain topic that you know you can write and write that one instead. Or you can try writing the conclusion first and work your way back through the essay. The important thing here is to get started. If you can’t construct a sentence, write your thoughts down and connect them to one another. You can also try jotting down phrases and relevant words. Just write something.