Writing academic essays can be developed; you do not learn it in one sitting. There is no need to worry about following very many rules; there are only important guidelines which you need to follow. These guidelines are being interesting and being informative.
- Interesting – You need to write academic essays in ways which are interesting or, in other words, in means which attract the interest or attention of readers. You should also be able to write in a way that keeps or increases the interest of your readers. This is especially applicable to academic writing because your professor has lots of essays to read and mark. If your essay is interesting or attractive, you will be able to awaken the bored mind of your professor and open it to the propositions you present and support in your essay and the knowledge and skills you demonstrate in it. Thus, you will get higher marks. You need to make academic writing interesting to your professor, other readers and, most especially, you. You should make your academic writing interesting to yourself so that you will love doing it and it will show in your output.
- Informative – The academic essays you write should be informative. First, being informative can be achieved through showcasing correct and relevant information. Second, it can also be shown in the aspect of performing research. You can write informative essays if you have performed sufficient research. Research is the source of information. Your sources should be credible and reliable. Information is the substance of academic writing to the mentioned interesting and attractive presentation which is the form. Aside from this, information alone can be interesting itself. What more if you present information in interesting and attractive ways. Your interesting and attractive writing should be backed by sufficient support.