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Oct 2024
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168. Your Perfect Essay Planning Process

WILLIAM WADSWORTH
About this episode

A good planning process is the foundation for success in any long-form written assignments like essays, dissertations and theses - and even your first novel!

Discover the process I use for both non-exam and in-exam scenarios, helping you overcome procrastination, and write better, in less time!

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.

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Podcast Edited by Kerri Edinburgh.

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