“Introduction paragraph should be the first to be read, and last to be written”
Gosh how my brain is rankling at that idea, of writing the first paragraph of my essay last. Especially the more my lecturer returns to this idea, the more my brain thinks ‘never needed to do that so far, why would I start now?!’
The idea was a demand the first time it was mentioned, three or four times later and it’s a definite No. The essay gets written from the beginning, as it will be read! As is sensible!
I guess I understand why some would find writing an introduction based on stuff that have already written out easier, but for me, an essay plan usually enables me to write an introduction – that is how I know where my essay is going to go.
It’s a silly point, but this really stood out to me as causing demand anxiety – the statement that the introduction will be written last.
PDA fae 
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