tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068574989540705247.post1278742478843504070..comments2023-04-07T07:22:09.324-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Romanist.: Jacob's Creek 'Semillion Chardonnay'.Benjamin.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10774684061156727388noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068574989540705247.post-6889810793032396252009-06-14T08:59:34.315-07:002009-06-14T08:59:34.315-07:00In addition to what mr. vole said, I would quote m...In addition to what mr. vole said, I would quote mr. thoreau: "Simplify, simplify." Look at your headline haiku above -- and adopt some of that minimalism to your prose style. You can always embellish later to meet the word-count requirements ;-)intelliwenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01872666573909696493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068574989540705247.post-8681994892158211542009-06-10T08:52:17.931-07:002009-06-10T08:52:17.931-07:00I don't usually give academic advice via blogs...I don't usually give academic advice via blogs, but here are some simple tricks: <br />Write your essay with enough time to put it aside for a few days. Read it again and it'll look like someone else wrote it.<br />Take work to the Study Skills Advisers<br />Get someone else to read it. <br />Buy 'Revising Prose' - it's short and brilliant. Search for the full details on my librarything link.<br />Good luck.The Plashing Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.com