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Becoming a professional paper writer, in most cases, is not something that a person would aim for from his childhood. And it is really not a very common job in today’s world. The reason for that is that this profession is not so popular nowadays; a lot of people wouldn’t think it really can bring much money and be of any use to others. And this is how I used to think. But now I realize how much I was mistaken…

When I had to write my first essay while still in school, I was totally disappointed with this kind of studying activity. It seemed to be boring, useless and sometimes even kind of silly to write your thoughts on the paper for no reason. But while growing up I started to realize more and more positive sides of being a writer. By the end of the high school I started to get good grades for my papers and it made me a lot more interested in doing essays and other papers.

When I started to study at college I had to find a job to pay for my studying. And it seemed to me quite a problem to fine a job that would not affect the studying process and at the same time bring enough money to satisfy my needs. After a little research and asking some of my friends for help, one of them recommended me to join a freelance writing agency. I decided to “give it a shot” and try working there. I never regretted my decision and now I am very thankful to John for giving me that piece of advice. This part time job became a break point in my life.

Even though writing was far not my major, I found out that it is something I want to do for my living. So I continued working for the same writing assistance agency until I graduated and then decided to continue my studying to be able to write more in different disciplines.

From my point of view academic writing has a number of advantages for both writers and customers:

1) The writer is always self improving, he becomes a very intellectual and well-rounded person

2) The writer can make money remotely without spending to much time on organizing his work

3) The writer has a very flexible schedule of work which gives him a great opportunity to combine writing with his/her studying or primary job

4) The customer is offered a great service which can be of a big use if he has some problems with some course because of problems in personal life, focusing on more important aspects of his studying

5) The customer benefits by paying a fair price for a work of good quality done by specialists in particular fields

6) All the exchange of information between customers and writers is done online and guarantees confidentiality to both sides.

So, at the moment I am a financially independent person of the age of 25. I can afford anything I need for living and I do not spend too much time working. I have a totally flexible schedule and do not need to worry about waking up early every day. I have a lot of time to spend with my friends and family, doing sports and other activities I like. At the same time I am constantly intellectually growing and more educated then an average person in any country. I love doing my job, helping people and thinking about opening my own business in nearest future. I am happy that I had an opportunity to start working as a writer and might even write a book some day now.

That is why I recommend to young people to try doing my job and they might find out that this is jus what they were looking for: job with no pressure, no wasting nerves and everlasting self improvement…

In the modern society, the problem of plagiarism occurs really often. People who use online or other sources do not always cite them properly. Plagiarism is considered to be an academic dishonesty that is why instructors do everything possible to detect and determine the plagiarism in the academic writings. This will not only find dishonest students, but will prevent them from plagiarizing again.

Nowadays there are a lot of techniques which will help to detect and to determine plagiarism in the academicс papers. These techniques are very helpful for the instructors in schools, colleges and universities.

First of all, you can determine plagiarism by analyzing the format of the paper. Main errors that can signal about plagiarism in the paper are: the format of the paper is not according to the assignment that was given, line or page breaks are at odd places, URL or article number at the and of the writing, odd phrases like “click here.” All of the following signs may indicate that the paper was copied directly from the internet.

Citations can also help to determine plagiarism in the paper. Usually plagiarized papers contain very old citations. Also try to match references listed at the end of the writing with the in-text-citations. If they do not match this is a sign that the paper may be plagiarized.

Check the content of the paper. There are few basic signs of plagiarism that can be found: the paper doesn’t exactly match the assignment, the paper is not unified and seems to be cut out from different places.

Another way to check the paper for plagiarism is to check its style. The style of the paper may differ from the student’s previous works; level of writing is much higher than others; the style of the paper doesn’t match to the required.

One more very efficient way to check whether the paper is plagiarized is to ask the student questions about the material in the paper or about this specific subject. Also you can ask the student to make a brief verbal summery of his/her paper. The answer will help instructor to identify whether the student wrote the paper himself.

Checking the reference page can help a lot. Check the original sources that provided in the reference list and look through them. Also you can submit some unique words from the paper to Google, for example. This can help to find some online sources from where the student could plagiarize. You can also check term paper mills.

Nowadays there is a lot of plagiarism detective software available. For example, EVE 2.2. Also a paper can be check by submitting to Turnitin.com. It compares the paper to the Internet sources and to other papers. There are also some similar online links to determine the plagiarism like: Plagiarism.com, InteqriGuard and MOSS. To check the paper online is one of the easiest ways to determine the plagiarism.

All of the ways to determine plagiarism that are listed above can be very helpful. Careful evaluation of the paper and checking all the sources will indicate whether the paper was plagiarized.

The process of writing a paper is very complicated and if you do not organize yourself right – the perfection of your paper will be under a big question mark.

The whole process can be divided into 5 stages. Following them chronologically – will bring you to a halfway to success.

The stages are:

1. Pre-writing: Collecting information, doing research, connecting facts, making outline
2. Making a Draft: Composing the first draft of your future paper
3. Revising: re-reading, re-writing, over viewing and correcting
4. Editing: checking for clarity, style, formality, understandability (Is better when done by another person)
5. Turning in.

You have to pay equal attention to each stage, and do not jump for one step to another. Try to focus on every aspect of your paper not to miss anything.

The strongest quality in your paper is that it should be specific and clear. So make sure that during all your writing stages – you keep your point focused and understandable.

Pre-writing is probably the most important part of the writing. Here you define the plot and the outline of your paper. Collect and figure out what information should be there.

Making a draft – this is the part where you make a rough text, which will be edited and revised later. On this stage – you will see how your paper will look when it is completed.

Revising – You read the whole paper again and note all mistakes and inaccuracy and revise it.

Editing – Is the part where it is recommended to give your paper to a friend for him to read it and to point on some mistakes that you were not able to notice – and correct them

The turning in process is quite simple and doesn’t need to be explained J

We hope that this short article will help you write an excellent paper, and get a high grade for it.

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A Term Paper is an originally written assignment that discusses the given topic in detail and urges the student to apply the knowledge gained in class to a new situation. The length of a term paper varies but normally it is 10-15 typewritten pages. In most cases the term paper has to be turned in by the end of the studied academic course and is used to evaluate whether the student has learned the material studied during the semester.

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Planning a Term Paper

One of most important things to be done by a student in order to write a high-graded term paper is to make it well-organized and to show all the main points and ideas in a clear understandable succession. Three important aspects are to be considered when planning the paper:

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1) The first is to make a good outline of the paper. Outlining the paper is the 4^th step of writing which though does not diminish its importance. After the topic was chosen, research was conducted and notes were gathered the writer HAS to make an outline. Many students tend to skip this stage and, as a consequence, they make their papers disorganized, incoherent or illogical.

An OUTLINE is an organized description of the entire paper, which is frequently shaped as a numbered list of main points, ideas and statements described in a term paper.

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In other words an outline is a step by step instruction for the writer on further work on the paper. After you list the things you want to include in the paper you can put them in a correct sequence and then write according to this list with no worry about poor structure and unrelated ideas in the paper.

2) Just like any other kind of paper a Term Paper needs to have an introduction, main body and conclusion. The purpose of the introduction is to let the writer know what are you going to accomplish in the paper and why. The main body contains all the key statements and supportive evidences for them. And the conclusion is a summary of all the things mentioned above, written using different words and also providing a brief evaluation of the work done.

3) There are several ways in approaching the paper. The most common of them are chronological and theoretical.

Chronological is based on building the paper according to the time when events took place.

Theoretical is organizing the paper around a set of factors and ideas.

Whichever approach is used the purpose of it is deep analysis of the topic that helps to interconnect all the main points into one good Term Paper.

Dear Reader,

This article was written in order to help you write a professional paper, increase your writing skills and get a positive grade, suitable for you. It contains basic advices and suggestions on writing a paper and having it A-graded.

First of all we are ought to define the term “Professional paper”. Professional paper is traditionally written in a formal or professional style, but there may be some exceptions. Those who orient themselves on good, qualified and eventually professional writings often will be specialized on journalism, educating, scientific communication and public relations.

The most popular mistake among writer is that they strive after an A-grade, but what they really should do is aim to write a quality professional paper.

The most important aspect of the process of writing a paper is to use the formal and professional style, but don’t let it be too sophisticated. It should be understandable for a regular person but still have a formal and “professional” view.

Try to avoid too simple sentences and expressions, but do not go too far using difficult tenses.

Always stick to your point, and do not go too vast with your paper. It should have a clear and focused purpose that is seen even by looking through the paper.

Try to be as much concrete in the body of your paper as you possibly can. That is made in order to avoid different misunderstandings while reading it.

Fill your paper with such smart words as: though, whilst, even though, however etc.

The most attention you should pay on the proof and evidence of your statements. They should be 100% true and do not raise any doubts.

Always mention all the evidence from the strongest argument to the weakest but leave something impressive on the conclusion.

Try to think out of the box, and try to lay out only original thoughts in your paper. Make them not like everybody else’s.

When you write a paper – the basic assignment is to put down your own thoughts. That is why it is not recommended to fill your paper with a lot of quotes and someone’s statements.

You should always have a personal approach to the paper but do not overdo with it.

The conclusion is the ending part of your paper, and the reader in most cases is more likely to remember the ending part of the paper then the beginning. So that means that you should pay attention on the quality of the ending part of your paper. Make it impressive, strong and unforgettable.

You probably pretty often experience panic when receive the new essay writing assignment in school. You are not the only one!!! Many students take it for a great challenge. Some consider it to be harder than mathematical questions, because there are no exact answer, you are not sure what exact result you have to get, you can not compare it with your friends’ answer, it has to be your own creation, which has to show the teacher that you know the subject you are writing about and are confident in it. That is probably the biggest problem when writing an essay.

It is usually very hard to force yourself to sit and write. There are many factors which influence students. Some students are afraid to start because they can not choose the topic. If it is not given, and the students are not confident enough, or if the topic is given and the students think that they know too little to start writing they often feel panic and resort to the help of custom writings services. When choosing your topic, choose something that no one else will choose, the teacher will definitely value your willingness to produce original work. Definitely, the writer should surprise him/herself, which means the writing is worth reading. There can be many other factors that postpone the writing, but these are the most common. When you see that you can not start writing, try to understand what your problem is and try to deal with it. Of course it is not that easy, but when you know the problem, you know with what you are fighting.

Even if you are not very confident in what you write after reading many sources, and started writing nevertheless, you will see that you know more than you thought. It is hard to realize the amount of your knowledge when it is all in your head. Do not be afraid to express your thoughts. Writing will definitely reveal your hidden knowledge.

When writing your first draft you do not have to start with introduction. Write what you know at first, later you will have a chance to fill in the blanks. The more time you will have before the deadline, the more chances you will have to improve your paper, so do not start writing it in the last night, this is really helpful strategy. When writing your first draft do not be afraid to express all your thoughts even if they seem strange to you, no one will be reading them unless you will ask some one to evaluate your writing. By the way, if you have a person whom you can trust, it is good to ask for advice. Fresh look from the other person usually brings good ideas and suggestions.

When your ideas are down on the paper, when you have something with what you can work, you will see that the challenge has disappeared. Now you are on the right track, and soon you will reach the aim. So if you have an assignment hanging on you right now, do not be afraid, take a deep breath and get started. Good Luck!

Plagiarism can cause a lot of problems that is why it is very important to avoid it. Sometimes people get accused of plagiarism because they didn’t know about some kinds of plagiarism. Knowing basic types of plagiarism and some ways to avoid them can help a lot in writing the papers.

Basically, plagiarism is using of someone else’s work and presenting it or its part as your own. Also plagiarism is considered to be stealing, because if you use someone else’s ideas and do not cite them, you steal them from the original author.

There are few basic types of plagiarism that you should know in order to avoid them. First one is considered to be the most serious. It is Copy and Paste plagiarism. This type of plagiarism occurs when a person copies a fragment of the writing from the source and pastes it into his own work without citing this source. Usually people who do this risk a lot, because it is very easy to find this type plagiarism in the writing. In order to avoid this it you should put quotation marks around the fragment that had been used and put a reference for the source that has been used.

Another type of plagiarism is Word Switch Plagiarism. It happens when you take a phrase or a sentence from the source and switch few words. It is still plagiarism because the main concept of the sentence or phrase stays the same. In this case you just use someone else’s ideas in stead of your own. This type of plagiarism is also known as paraphrasing. If you take a phrase from the source and rephrase it with your own words you still have to put a reference for this phrase, because the idea and the though that you used are not yours.

Metaphor Plagiarism also happens a lot usually in creative writings. While writing a creative paper, people like to use metaphors because they make their writing more interesting and creative. It happens a lot that a person cannot come up with his/her own metaphor, that’s why they use other well-known metaphors. Without proper citing this is considered to be a plagiarism. If you want to use a metaphor that is not yours, you should include a source for it.

Another very common type of plagiarism is Idea Plagiarism. It occurs often because not everyone knows about it. The concept of this plagiarism is that people use someone else’s ideas, like solution for something. If you write about some common things that are well known, you do not have to put a reference for them, but if you write about some specific ideas or concepts that were written by other people, you should put reference for them.

Reasoning Style or Organization Plagiarism also occurs a lot. When we take an article or some kind of source and follow it paragraph by paragraph, it is also considered to be a plagiarism, even if you do not copy it word by word and change the sentences. It is considered to be a plagiarism because you use the author’s style and structure in the writing.

Another type of plagiarism occurs a lot when people use statistics and images from other sources without referencing. It is very important to put a reference for every chart, table or statistics that you use in the paper.

Not everyone knows that putting on a reference list some sources that you really didn’t use in your writing is also a plagiarism. It becomes a problem when students just write down necessary number of sources even if they haven’t read them at all.

Self-Plagiarism occurs when you use your own work that you have written before. If you do so, you must reference all the materials from the previous work appropriately.

Another type of plagiarism that happens extremely often in the school or college is Collusion. It happens when you copy the work that have been written by another student. If you are the person who gave your work to someone else to copy, you will also have a problems as well as that person.

All the types of plagiarism that are listed above can cause a lot of serious problems to the person who uses them. They may get a bad grade as well as fail the class. You should be very careful while using any kind of information from the sources. In order to avoid any type of plagiarism in your paper you should make sure to cite ALL the sources used in your paper properly.

There is the great number of types of essays used in colleges and schools today. All of them have their specific particular purpose and reason. The most popular kinds of essays are:

• Descriptive – an essay that provides point-by-point details of an object, event, feeling etc.
• Definition essay defines and tries to explain the purpose, meaning or importance of something. It answers the questions: Why? Who? What? How?
• Cause and effect essay is a deep analysis of an event or an object that starts with the reason and ends with the final outcomes this reason resulted in.
• Argumentative essay attempts to persuade the reader of a controversial issue. The writer’s aim is to make readers believe in what he believes. This goal is reached by means of providing and defending an argument.
• Narrative essay is a short story about any kind of event.
• Critical essay is a strengths/weaknesses analysis of someone’s work. It is used to evaluate how well the author did his or her work.
• Compare/contrast is an essay which involves finding similarities and/or differences between two or more things that have something in common.
• Process essay is an instruction for something to be accomplished. It involves the steps made and the result achieved.
• Expository essay is an essay in which the writer provides the information on a subject and therefore makes the reader familiar with particular topic which teaches him.
• Summary – restates the main ideas and thesis of a book, movie or an article using writer’s own words.

Being a graduate student is difficult, and expectations are higher. Don’t disappoint your advisors—follow these four easy hints to improve your writing level:

1. Read high level works. What you read shapes how you write. Read the work of fellow graduate students. Read scholarly articles and books. Even read classical fiction that is challenging for you. By seeing how other scholars and writers build their sentences, present their arguments, and choose their words, you can imitate styles you enjoy and avoid styles you find difficult to understand.
2. Write like you speak. Many advanced students feel the urge to write in grandiose and overly intellectualized styles. The result is a paper with a poorly presented argument and poor word choice. Instead, write your paper just how you would explain it to a friend. Make simple arguments. Use simple language. Be clear and concise. Later, when editing, you can use a thesaurus to add more vocabulary or introduce new jargon. But start with that foundation of a clear, solid argument, and your reader will understand your work and ultimately agree with your scholarship. A smart writer makes his audience smarter, and doesn’t try to overwhelm them with his intellect.
3. Use more sources. Whatever the minimum number of required sources is, ignore that. Read more. Cite more. Quote more. Paraphrase more. Being well read is the secret to writing a top-level paper. Show your audience that you are knowledgeable by showing that you have read all the major authors and scholars on this particular subject. Don’t be afraid to have a long bibliography—it shows you have worked hard and know your subject.
4. Know the arguments against you before your audience does. When presenting an argument, know the counter-arguments. Think how a reader might dispute your claims. Look for flaws in your argument. Be prepared. Mention why the counter-argument would be wrong, and why you are correct. If a major scholar presents a different argument, then present their argument in your paper, and show its weaknesses. Admitting that there are other ideas besides your own is not a weakness; rather, it shows you are knowledgeable and that you have already taken these ideas into account. You will sound more professional as you refute these ideas rather than just leaving your audience to wonder.