Contents -- Chapter 1 Preparing for writing -- The writing process -- Planning your writing -- Organizing your essay -- Chapter 2 Structuring and drafting -- Structuring paragraphs -- The structure of an academic essay -- Logically organizing ideas in your essay -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Refining your writing -- Sentences -- Verb tenses -- Writing in a formal academic style -- Describing graphs, charts and tables -- Quoting and summarizing -- Summary -- Chapter 4 Editing and proofreading -- Editing: thinking about content, structure andstyle -- The final copy -- Proofreading -- Chapter 5 Sample essays.