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This chapter has touched on a lot of issues that are addressed in much more detail in subsequent chapters. After Chapter 2, which concerns how you can make your essay your own, the chapters that follow are linked to the different components of your essay and, where possible, are structured in the order in which their topical focus is likely to be most relevant in your essay. The first of these (Chapter 3) addresses how to write an effective introduction, the next how to address the essay title (Chapter 4) and the next how to smoothly interconnect your essay (Chapter 5). The following chapters address how to successfully evaluate (Chapter 6) and describe (Chapter 7) in your essay. The next chapters are concerned with coursework essays and outline how you can tackle two very different but often neglected components of a brilliant essay: conclusions (Chapter 8) and references (Chapter 9). We then look at the editing process (Chapter 10) before addressing the specialist area of writing effective essays in exams (Chapters 11 and 12). While each chapter should give you some genuinely helpful guidance and encouragement, you may find it helpful to use feedback from your essays and your awareness to focus particularly on the issues that keep coming up for you. There is no plot that will be spoiled if you move straight to Chapter 9, no mystery character that doesn’t make sense if you go straight to Chapter 7. It’s your book, your resource, so use it in the way that works best for you. Writing essays is such a great skill to develop – I hope this book helps you to realise your full potential.