...is not my friend right now. He's assigned a book report that has to be 2 pages. Exactly! Double Spaced. and it can't be less or more than 2 pages. I hate being limited!
I'm sure he won't notice if it's 0.99 inches. Also decrease the size of all your periods. That'll help you make it longer too.
So am I. And when I was in high school, I went to a Catholic school. Teachers there messed around less than any of my college professors have.
Last semester, I took English IV [it's my senior year] and I had to complete a reasearch paper that was exactly three pages - with the same restrictions you have. I am a type-fifty-pages-a-day person when it comes to writing stories, so the paper had been extreamly hard for me to do. Trust me, if I can do it, you can.
I have to write a story in 825 words and I also had to write a commentary to go with it in no more than 825 words. That was extremely difficult but I managed to cut them both down to 825 after a few read throughs. Good lucky my friend. Use big words that summarise what you want to say and would say in a sentence... or better yet- small words that summarise what you want to say ^^
You're in college and you're complaining about having it be two pages? The end of the semester isn't going to be kind to you. I have a few tips for essay writing. With your introduction, start with something that has no relation to the topic, but then work it all together (for example, say that I was writing an essay about making a sandwich, I would start out "Since the beginning of time, mankind has come together in the most sacred of ceremonies: eating together. As we evolved, so has the way we've eaten and what we've eaten. One item that seems to withstand the test of time is the sandwich."). Do it right, and it buys you a few sentences. And do the same with your conclusion, make your points, restate the thesis, and then bring it back to that original padded beginning. Also, elaborating really helps. And do not use contractions, even if it's "it's" and "it is". Those extra two character spaces can save lives.
