Reaching Word Counts

Add More Examples

Simply adding more examples about the topic demonstrates your understanding while increasing that word count. Look through what you have and find where inserting an example would enhance your paper.

Add More Sources

By adding more relevant sources, your paper may strengthen as you explain how they relate to your paper. The more connections you make, the more you write.

Write with music that does not have lyrics.

Having music playing in the background while you are writing tends to have different effects on people. It is best to have nothing playing, but if you need to have that background noise, it is recommended to have music that doesn't have lyrics to distract your thinking process. 

Create an Outline.

Having an idea of what you are going to write for each paragraph is an enormous help as you already have a foundation for your writing. With an outline, all you have to do next is to expand on those ideas and combine your sources and quotes with them to form a paragraph.

Try writing in a different order.

If you're stuck on the introduction, jump to your body paragraphs and then go back to the introduction. It helps to explain what your paper is about when there is something to refer to when you explain. If you are stuck on a body paragraph, move on to a different body paragraph or work on the concluding paragraph, and then go back to the paragraph that you were on.

Write nonstop, forget about the imperfections.

We tend to reread and fix the sentences that we wrote just a few seconds ago. Your word processor underlined something in red and you have got to fix it, right? Well, when we do this, we stop the thinking process to go back and fix something, thus interrupting our flow. Simply write nonstop when you have an idea or a thought, and when you are finished writing an entire paragraph or finished with your paper, then you can revise your writing.

Limit your distractions.

Sometimes the most you can do to get more words down is to limit your distractions. That means pausing that episode of that show you are watching right now, closing the door, and putting down the phone. As much as it makes me happy that you are reading these tips-stop looking for help on writing, close these tabs and just write.