Why is coming up with essay ideas considered to be such a challenging stage? Probably, the main difficulty does not boil down to coming up with ideas for essays, but to coming up with really good ideas. What are these good ideas for essays about? In a few words, this means that you can find some unusual topics for discussion or, at least, a bit unusual perspective for discussing a trivial issue.

Yes, we agree that it is not an easy mission, but still we should admit that some students know where good ideas for essays come from. We will try to explain you this right now.

Start with visualizing your essay ideas

Many people have well-developed visual thinking, what in a few words means that it is easier for them to work with pictures and visual images. Pictures can help to come up with good ideas for essays as well.

For instance, you know some general subject of your paper. Find as many pictures devoted to this subject as you can. Look them through carefully. Do some of them seem inspiring? If you have pictures like that, do not hesitate to use them as a basis for your paper.

Think of unusual approaches to disclosing usual essay ideas

“Think of unusual approaches… Easier said than done,” you may think. “I tried it and it did not help to come up with good ideas for essays”. Do not hurry with such conclusions, and let us first explain you what unusual approaches actually mean. One of the easy ways to pick an unusual approach is to ask some “ridiculous” questions, e.g. what if people knew this several centuries ago or what if we make this one of the basic life axioms? Questions like that will definitely help you look at a topic from a different angel and formulate a good idea for an essay.
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