How to write essays on the spot

collegegoal
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:19:18 +0000

i’m taking ap language and continually face this problem. i do pretty well on essays assigned as homework and think my essays are probably 7 or 8 standard. but when we have in class essays i fail horribly. i get 4 or 5. the problem is that when i see the prompt, i just can’t think. i just decide on a thesis and force myself to write about it. and throughout the entire essay i can feel that what i’m saying isn’t good. but after i turn it in, my brain suddenly starts working and gets wonderful ideas and a great thesis that would definitely earn an 7 or 8 if well written. but my brain doesn’t work until after i’ve turned in the in class essays. and this has happened repeatedly, not just once.

has anyone else faced this problem before? any tips, suggestions?