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Do you find yourself building up the start of your essay? It is so easy to think I’ll start when I… fully understand the title/have completed all the reading/have really understood all of the issues/have got what I am going to write really clear. These are all understandable and sometimes backed up by the guidance that we pick up and pass on. But what really is an essay? An academic essay is a medium for displaying your scholarly, or learned, thinking about the issues identified in the title. If you have these thoughts, if you are reading this sentence, it looks like you have started your thinking which is part of and central to writing the essay. The essay does not start when your word count clocks up a certain number; it starts when we engage with the ideas that are relevant to the essay. So pat yourself on the back and encourage yourself like you would encourage someone you care about – if you are thinking, you are essaying. Perhaps you can jot down your thoughts.