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Baroness Helena Kennedy’s cure for writers block is to go to the meat of the argument, then come back to the start later.

Student Beth Lewis explains how she re-reads all her course notes, this helps her to adjusts and add to her research.

Brian Waldens approach is to research a variety of different points, if it is boring then he picks away at it until the process of elimination is complete.

Using a subtle but powerful approach when writing an introduction will grab the reader’s attention.

It is important to write with the mindset that the reader is intelligent but misinformed.

Matthew Kelly’s approach is to try and talk himself out of an argument, he often ends up switching sides.

It is important to make sure it doesn’t sound like you have too much more to say, it should be conclusive.

Student Beth Lewis writes her drafts by hand, this reduces her word count.

Professor Richard Dawkins explains how important it is to spot what could be misunderstood or interpreted differently.

Don’t get to close to your subject, keep your reader in your consciousness, pretend your someone else.

Beth Lewis believes her writing style changes in an exam room, a time limits forces her to a heed to a strict essay plan.

In an exam room Mathew Kelly gets his notes down straight away so he can refer to them quickly.

The way to familiarise yourself with good writing is to read a lot. Nothing is too boring to write about it’s about how you write about it that’s important.