We all have to write essays in school and we all hate it when we run out of ideas of what we should write about. In the book of awesome #386 is double spacing your essay so it takes up way more pages. While this is a good technique there are many more that I have used that can improve the length of your essay and make it look more impressive. The double spacing method is very effective but in most cases it’s predictable and expected by most teachers. One of the tactics that I use is more legit then the double spacing, I think of the arguments I make and what other peoples counter arguments are, and then create counter argument disproving their points. You could also add more examples for your argument or you can go into further explanation and detail about your examples and what they mean for all parties involved. Another legit way of making your essay or paper longer is by talking about how the conflict or moral dilemma go started and how it effects people and how it has in the past as well as what happens if the issue is not solved in quick time. My all-time favourite thing you can do to make an essay longer is changing the periods to 14-16 point font while the regular text is still 11 or 12 point font. This technique can make your essays or papers go from 3 or 4 pages to as many as 5 or maybe even 6 if you have a lot of short sentences. You can also do this with commas but they are more noticeable when they larger unlike periods in which most people don’t notice unless the different size periods are right next to each other. As an example I have 16 point font periods in this 12 point font blog.