- Welcome, just about every college student

will need to write some essays.

The basic activities in many college classes
boil down to reading a text, thinking about the text,
and then writing about it,
and you're often graded on the writing part specifically
so it's important to build that skill set
and learn to meet the expectations
of the college classroom when it comes to writing.
We'll focus here on fundamental concepts for good writing.
They can be used in almost any academic setting
and in many kinds of college classes.
Learning to write well is a process,
and learning to write an academic essay well
is a very particular process.
It's also smart to expect
that you'll need to work on improving your writing
throughout your time in college,
not just right at the start.