Writing shouldn’t have to be painful. Creating a unique, individualized creative space can help and improve the cultivation of an essay.

It is challenging to channel one’s inner thoughts when people are constantly in contact with each other, leaving little room for student writers, and writers in general, to fully craft an essay that demonstrates one’s abilities as a writer and his or her meditation on the subject.

To produce something that one is proud of likely comes from a period of struggle that results in a breakthrough or a finished essay.

Struggling is certainly a feeling and activity most people hope to avoid, but finding what one truly thinks about a subject during those moments of adversity can ultimately shape and positively alter the outcome of an essay.

One way to ignite this process is to spend a good deal of time musing on whatever it is you are writing about.

Thinking critically about an area you are writing about will significantly impact the overall scope and range of what you want to include in your essay.

Musing on a subject alone will not take away from the actual writing process itself: putting pen to paper or hand to keyboard has to occur at some point.

Outlining what you want to include in your essay as well as making a list of words that will help increase the power of each sentence and paragraph will have a significant effect on the overall outcome of the essay.

The most substantial change or addition one can make or add to their writing process is where they write.

Finding a space that is unique and comfortable to one’s own needs will significantly benefit the paper.

Many people underestimate the effects of place on a person’s ability to produce something uniquely their own.

If you are in a loud or crowded space your essay and thoughts may also be cluttered and in need of a space where they can be fully fleshed out.

Studying with friends can be enjoyable but writing in a space by yourself gives you the solitude and chance to actively engage in the subject matter you are working with.

After completing the essay, or even while you are still writing it, talking about it with a friend or professor in an informal or formal setting can also help one work through his or her thoughts on the subject.

Going through an outline upon the completion of the essay will also help to see if overarching concepts or themes changed during the conception of the essay.

Everyone deserves to find his or her own creative space that allows for stronger and more thoughtful writing.