i have exams in 3 weeks any tips on how to revise,
start to revise
or get the motivation to revise

i have two essays each 3,000 words to be handed in on tues and havnt started them yet talk about stress and leaving everything to last moment. already had an extention on one. one is on volcanos thats ok as its factual, the other is on global warming n its a debate type question which i know i will do really bad at as i like facts

HELP

I wish I knew... Pretty clueless myself at the moment.

Sorry I'm not of much help. Hopefully someone else will chime in.

Take ritalin before studying,
chewing gums while studying
write it out while you are studying

Keljohno,

For your debate question, because you like facts, try listing the facts for each side. Then, once you have your list, compare the facts and see who has the stronger set, or if the facts neutralize each other say why each side is arguing past each other.

"word webs/maps" go well with my add--they are those things where you have a main idea and connect the other ideas to it and other ideas off those ideas. I can bounce around from topic to topic when planning, then once I write I can create an organized essay by focusing on a single topic.

One thing that helps me when writing papers is to get all of the material, sit down and free write the whole thing. Just keep typing even if you think your sentences aren't making sense. Once you get to your limit (or even over it), print out the document and start editing. I find, with my ADD, that it's easier to edit a paragraph or a sentence at a time instead of trying to sit and write everything out perfectly.

If you have citations and a bibliography, take some time out and write out the general form for each citation (the endnotes or footnotes) without the page numbers. Put these in a document, then when you need them, copy and paste and add in the page numbers. This way, you won't be frustrated each time you have to cite a fact. If you get this out of the way in the beginning, you won't be rushing at the end to put together a bibliography. There are online bibliography programs as well, which I have found extremely useful because the obsession about whether something is supposed to be italicized or whether there's supposed to be a comma or period in a citation, drives me nuts.

hope that helps,
kc

thankyou for all your replys was jus feeling rather stressed. i will start planning both now :rolleyes:

Keljohno,

How did everythign turn out?

my exam is on tues 23rd jan

so will let u all know then wish me luck i need at least 70% to get the uni place i want (nervous laugh!)