is a week enough for 5000 words?

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babushka_boii95

I need some help chat im banned off reddit so this is the only place I can get a response

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Reimsy

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like to write a 5k word essay for school?

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GambleNats

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context?

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babushka_boii95

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5k word diss due in a week

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GambleNats

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it its typing, 2 hours focused section should be enough (I would recommend splitting to the time up, [30 minutes sessions each with at least an hour break doing something else] to maximise your focus and efficiency

if its hand written it might take upwards of 5 hours, but the method should be the same

This is raw writing time
If its a research paper you might need upwards to 20-30 hours of research

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babushka_boii95

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I got like 10 journal articles ready just have to read and extract the relevant info from each. tbh I have a 10% leeway so Im hoping to get like 4.5k words in by submission date

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MrBlooBloom

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normally 3 hours are more than enough for 5000 words

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babushka_boii95

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I mean yeah but researching and paraphrasing is the hard part

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MrBlooBloom

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depends on the topic ig, and how much you have to elaborate. A proper structure alone can easily allow you to grind hundreds of words, it's the easiest way to meet every requirement

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229fn

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i did 2000 in like 2 hours after drinking 3 sprites

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RealPumaBot

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I mean it depends on what this is for but I managed a 72 on a 4000 word econ degree essay this year in about 5 hours (1st year uni), I feel like if u actually lock in u can get it done way quicker than u think but once again depends on what it's for

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ritasia7

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😭

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FrenchToast

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that’s roughly 18-20 pages double spaced

very manageable. good luck !

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nooomy

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dissertation?

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babushka_boii95

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yep

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nooomy

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thats rough to hear, I'm also in my final year although I do Journalism and chose do a final project instead of a diss

If it makes you feel any better, some of my coursemates who chose to do a diss still have 5000-6000 words left to write and also have placement days which they need to do, could always be worse

Just lock in for a week at the library, sucks but you really dont have an option and your degree is there for a lifetime, which is worth 1 rough week

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AlexSMTx

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Depends on the quality of work you want to achieve and also what type of work it is. If it needs a lot of research and making sure you are backing up everything you say with statistics, graphs or anything like that then it might take you quite a bit, but if it's something that you don't really need to research a lot then a week is plenty.

If it helps last semester I did an end of semester math essay in like 4 days counting research. It was 2000 words and a lot of the time spent wasn't even writing the essay itself, but rather the appendix at the end.

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Ballsamolee

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Yeah you should definitely be able to write it during that time. The hardest part will probably be finding resources and stuff, but thugging out over a 1000 words a day isn't hard at all.