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Academic Essay Writing: Conciseness and Quality

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When it comes to academic essays, rhetorical quality can sometimes be of utmost importance. It can make or break how compellingly an argument is delivered to a reader. However, this must also be balanced against other constraints like word counts that tend to play on the need for clarity and conciseness. However, this concern for "less is more" can sometimes result in people prioritising things in a troubling way where important aspects of their writing quality, which are necessary for relaying a compelling argument, are compromised almost purely in pursuit of a word count. Here we discuss ways to work around these challenges by prioritising things in a manner that strikes a balance between both.

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A brief discussion on academic essay writing and how to prioritise conciseness without sacrificing quality and maturity in writing style, especially given its importance.

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Academic essays, especially when dealing with submissions reaching the level of dissertations, come with a lot of expectations. One of these being the quality of what is being presented; it needs to not only deliver an argument, but present it in a written form that is both mature and compelling. Many students, understandably, struggle with this side of writing as there are a lot of moving parts to the arrangement from the need to aim for the region of the actual designated word count, which can be its own challenge depending on the subject being analysed, as well as allowing it be striking and not tedious.

A few points of priority can help with this process.

First off, as is obvious, no one is ...

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