I'm an ordinary student who sits in the back of the classroom, secretly filling a notebook with writing ideas. Like you, I'm a "perennial unfinished essay specialist," driven to despair by argumentative essays. From being unable to come up with an opening to having my teacher read my work aloud as a model essay, I learned all these unconventional tricks the hard way. This book doesn't preach big ideas. It offers emergency sentence patterns you can copy during evening study, "cheat codes" that graders understand at a glance, and the clumsy but sincere companionship of a struggling student: "Don't be afraid. This time, we'll bring your essay back to life together!"
