Your essays describe instead of argue
Everything is accurate and nothing is claimed.
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Write an essay with a real argument, not a summary.
A course on essay writing for students and adults alike. It covers finding a claim worth defending, structuring a case, and writing paragraphs that each do a job.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I want to write essays that make a real argument rather than summarise. Help me find a claim, structure the case, and write paragraphs that each do a job.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Writing
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- Are you writing for school or university, for work, or for yourself?
- Do your essays summarise, wander, or run out before the point?
- Is there an essay you are working on now?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
You lose the thread
Paragraph four has forgotten paragraph one.
You do not know what your point is
Until the last paragraph, if then.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06What an essay is
An argument, and why description is not one.
The claim
From topic to thesis, and how to test whether you have one.
Structure
Reasons, evidence and objections in an order that persuades.
Paragraphs
One job each, with a clear point and support.
Introductions and conclusions
Setting up the argument and landing it.
Revision
Reading your own essay for the argument, not the grammar.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Find a claim
Turn a topic into something you are arguing for.
Structure the case
Order reasons and evidence so they build.
Write working paragraphs
Make each paragraph advance the argument.
Ideas this course corrects
A good essay covers everything
A good essay argues one thing well. Coverage is what kills the argument.
The thesis comes first
Often it comes last, after drafting reveals what you think. Then you rewrite from it.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course on essay writing for students and adults alike. It covers finding a claim worth defending, structuring a case, and writing paragraphs that each do a job. It sits under Writing in the Ideas & discovery part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I want to write essays that make a real argument rather than summarise. Help me find a claim, structure the case, and write paragraphs that each do a job.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.