What I have learned the most that has helped my writing process is making an outline. Before, I only did an outline for a large essay if it was a graded requirement. I used to find myself being able to do just fine without an outline. But with the Historiography essay, I found that having at outline was better since I could know when the discussion about one time period ends and when the next begins. Plus, I’ll also have the general arguments already noted so that I don’t have to make one up on the spot. I felt like it was more of a necessity than a pleasure for these types of longer and drawn-out essays that span literally hundreds of years. For larger essays in the future, I’ll be sure now to use an outline instead of winging it half the time.