00:00:00
you want to write a 5,000-word essay in
00:00:03
48 hours and I know sounds impossible
00:00:07
but you actually can write an excellent
00:00:09
First Class essay in just a weekend
00:00:12
using a tool that I'm going to share
00:00:14
with you today there are four main
00:00:16
stages to writing any essay the first is
00:00:18
reading research papers the second is
00:00:21
brainstorming and developing your ideas
00:00:23
the third is actually drafting the paper
00:00:25
and the fourth is writing your arguments
00:00:27
and kind of building them up and I'm
00:00:29
going to be using Unriddle to help me do
00:00:31
this now Unriddle is an AI tool that
00:00:34
helps you read more efficiently it helps
00:00:36
you to read write and learn faster and
00:00:39
you can do this by interacting with
00:00:41
documents through the AI assistant so
00:00:43
you can really quickly find and
00:00:45
understand information and I feel like
00:00:47
this is a really cool tool that I shared
00:00:49
with you recently as well that can help
00:00:51
you just understand research papers
00:00:53
honestly five times faster so let's get
00:00:55
right into it so step one is to read
00:00:58
your research paper you've probably been
00:01:00
given a reading list by your supervisor
00:01:02
or by your tutor at University so start
00:01:04
with those papers start with maybe five
00:01:07
papers that are most representative of
00:01:09
the topic that you are writing about and
00:01:11
then you want to try to understand them
00:01:13
so to understand them you want to pull
00:01:15
out information that is most relevant to
00:01:17
you and that really helps you
00:01:18
familiarize yourself with the topic the
00:01:21
goal here is to gain a deep
00:01:23
understanding of the subject area
00:01:26
understanding what the key arguments are
00:01:28
understanding what the latest research
00:01:30
is knowing the different concepts the
00:01:32
different theories and even the
00:01:33
different perspectives within your
00:01:35
research area so to be able to do this
00:01:38
in a more efficient way I'm going to
00:01:40
show you how to do this using Unriddle
00:01:41
AI first you want to upload your
00:01:43
research paper and so I'm going to be
00:01:45
doing this by uploading as a PDF
00:01:47
document but you also have other options
00:01:49
for this as well and I'm looking at the
00:01:51
effect of caffeine on things like blood
00:01:54
pressure so that is what I am writing my
00:01:56
essay about in this instance now you can
00:01:59
see that there are three kind of
00:02:01
distinct columns one for writing notes
00:02:03
which will come on to later one for
00:02:05
actually chatting and asking questions
00:02:07
and one column for actually looking at
00:02:09
the research paper so it's a really
00:02:11
lovely interface now the first question
00:02:13
I'm going to ask is what are the main
00:02:15
takeways from this paper and I'm getting
00:02:17
a really good kind of overall summary of
00:02:21
this 14 page document I'm also I feel
00:02:24
like it's a little bit too complex I
00:02:25
wanted to explain it to me in a bit of a
00:02:28
simpler way and again you can really see
00:02:30
the breakdown which just means that
00:02:32
you'll understand your research paper in
00:02:34
the best possible way this interrogation
00:02:36
really helps you to understand the
00:02:38
research papers in the quickest and most
00:02:40
efficient way and then you can go back
00:02:42
in and pull out the bits of information
00:02:44
that you think are most relevant to you
00:02:46
but using unvid just helps speed up that
00:02:49
process step two is to start to
00:02:51
brainstorm ideas the biggest mistake I
00:02:54
would say that students make is not
00:02:56
planning accordingly not planning in a
00:02:58
way that allows them to have a nice
00:03:01
scheme or nice flow organization of
00:03:03
ideas that will allow them to write now
00:03:06
one of the biggest mistakes that
00:03:07
students make when it comes to writing
00:03:09
an essay and actually writing quickly is
00:03:12
having a good plan if you don't have a
00:03:14
good plan you end up kind of going back
00:03:16
and forth quite a bit and this is where
00:03:19
time is wasted so to do this as you're
00:03:21
reading you want to try to organize your
00:03:23
thoughts so try to think about right
00:03:25
this is a concept that I've just pulled
00:03:27
out this is an idea that I've just
00:03:29
discovered this is a theory that I've
00:03:30
read now twice in two different papers
00:03:33
how can I bring this together to make a
00:03:35
discussion about this topic flow really
00:03:38
well and it's really key to try to be as
00:03:41
critical as possible you want to
00:03:43
identify the main themes the main
00:03:45
arguments and any potential gaps that
00:03:47
you've kind of thought about or
00:03:49
discovered through reading the
00:03:50
literature and again Unriddle can help
00:03:52
you immensely with this now this second
00:03:55
step is the fun bit and it's where the
00:03:57
magic really happens so what I'm I'm
00:03:59
doing is I am grouping four research
00:04:02
papers that I want to interrogate
00:04:04
together and typically you would do this
00:04:06
manually kind of going back and forth
00:04:07
between different papers but using un
00:04:10
vidle you are able to ask questions
00:04:12
about the whole group what is the main
00:04:14
takeaway from this group of research
00:04:16
papers and I've got a really concise
00:04:19
list of what are some points that these
00:04:22
papers have made through their research
00:04:24
i' also then said are there any research
00:04:26
papers that have investigated really
00:04:28
high caffeine in tape because that's
00:04:30
something that I haven't really seen
00:04:31
before again you can see that Unriddle
00:04:33
has given some information but they've
00:04:35
said that there is limited resources and
00:04:37
limited information about this so this
00:04:39
could be a potential research area that
00:04:41
I could investigate myself and I
00:04:43
actually wanted to just understand what
00:04:45
does this really mean how many cups does
00:04:48
this refer to and again I've got that
00:04:50
information and it's pulled it out from
00:04:52
all four of the research papers within
00:04:55
this group so I think this is fantastic
00:04:57
it's a really great way to start
00:04:59
building your discussion and this last
00:05:01
question I think is the most helpful
00:05:03
I've stated that I am writing a liter
00:05:05
review and I really want some
00:05:06
subheadings that will give me a good
00:05:08
review of the literature and you can see
00:05:10
here that I've got a nice breakdown of
00:05:12
all the topics that have been mentioned
00:05:14
and I can really use this to start to
00:05:15
build my arguments and my outline the
00:05:17
third step is to actually begin drafting
00:05:21
the paper now I say draft because your
00:05:23
first draft the first bit of writing
00:05:25
should never be perfect and one of the
00:05:28
biggest time waster is when you're
00:05:30
trying to perfect your first draft so
00:05:33
you end up going back and forth quite a
00:05:35
bit and you you're editing as you write
00:05:37
and that's something that you don't want
00:05:38
to do at this stage you want to have a
00:05:40
very clear introduction you want to have
00:05:42
a very clear body and the paragraphs
00:05:45
within the body and a very clear
00:05:48
conclusion also there should also be a
00:05:50
very strong thesis statement and for any
00:05:53
points that you do make there should be
00:05:55
referencing and sort of citations pulled
00:05:58
out from the paper that you've just read
00:06:00
and this is really easy to do using the
00:06:02
note section within Unriddle helps you
00:06:05
to overcome the biggest time waster that
00:06:07
I've experience when it comes to writing
00:06:09
and that's the whole going back and
00:06:10
forth between your notes between your
00:06:12
draft between your outline and the
00:06:14
research papers but actually using this
00:06:16
you're able to very easily write as you
00:06:20
read and also chat with the AI at the
00:06:23
same time so as you can see I got this
00:06:25
outlined earlier when I was doing my
00:06:27
research um and now I want to start to
00:06:30
kind of input it into the notes column
00:06:32
which is at the end and you can make
00:06:34
these columns larger and smaller as you
00:06:36
desire and then I want to try to kind of
00:06:39
write small sections of it so as I'm
00:06:42
kind of thinking about what I want to
00:06:44
write I'm going back into the chat in
00:06:46
the middle column and I'm asking more
00:06:48
questions because you know things crop
00:06:50
up as you write you know you're not it's
00:06:52
not just a linear process where you read
00:06:55
and then you write it's very much a
00:06:57
process of going back and forth between
00:06:59
reading and writing and thinking so here
00:07:02
you're able to very easily go and
00:07:04
discuss a little bit more and add to
00:07:06
your draft add to things that you want
00:07:09
to start to write about remind yourself
00:07:12
of your outline also continually build
00:07:15
on that outline and this is how you'll
00:07:17
get a really strong first draft without
00:07:20
having to kind of go back and forth and
00:07:21
spend too long with it and the fourth
00:07:23
thing that you want to do and this
00:07:25
actually is weird because it comes last
00:07:28
but it's something that I think you
00:07:29
should make make a really um obvious
00:07:31
point to go and do and that is to make
00:07:34
sure that your arguments are solid and
00:07:36
substantiated so what you want to do
00:07:38
here is go back to what you've written
00:07:40
go back to all the research papers that
00:07:42
you've read and try to pull out any kind
00:07:44
of critique or try to pull out any ideas
00:07:47
that could be a unique way of thinking
00:07:50
or A New Perspective you want to make
00:07:52
sure that each point actually
00:07:53
contributes to the overall essay and
00:07:56
this is what's going to take your grade
00:07:58
from like a 22 a 60% a 50% to that 70%
00:08:03
that first class barrier and again what
00:08:05
you can use and again you can use un
00:08:07
riddle here to interrogate that research
00:08:09
paper um and the group of papers that
00:08:11
you've made to find any other critique
00:08:13
or any other arguments that you may not
00:08:15
have picked out already if there is one
00:08:17
part of this video that you have
00:08:19
listened to it must be this part so this
00:08:21
is where you build on your arguments and
00:08:24
you really hone down on the critique of
00:08:27
your discussion here what you can see is
00:08:28
I'm asking asking questions specific
00:08:31
questions about issues with the studies
00:08:34
about challenges that were faced about
00:08:36
limitations from this group and I'm
00:08:38
still by the way using the group um kind
00:08:42
of tool to be able to ask all of them
00:08:44
the same thing so here I've said what is
00:08:46
a discussion between the three research
00:08:48
papers that have got to do with caffeine
00:08:50
that we don't necessarily know much
00:08:52
about and so I'm taking this you know
00:08:54
these points that have been pulled out
00:08:55
of all of the research papers and I'm
00:08:58
then going to be building
00:09:00
on the discussion and the argument that
00:09:02
I'm using within the actual draft itself
00:09:05
so you can really see that in between
00:09:07
going back and forth but really focusing
00:09:10
on the questions I'm asking and making
00:09:13
it really specific to do with the
00:09:16
limitations and the challenges so for
00:09:18
example I I can see here that it said
00:09:20
that there is mixed evidence for
00:09:22
different outcomes there's variability
00:09:24
when it comes to genetic factors and you
00:09:27
know these are all things that I might
00:09:29
not have have picked up when I read it
00:09:31
myself or like even after a few reads
00:09:33
it's hard to understand but using a tool
00:09:35
like Unriddle can make the whole process
00:09:37
really easy and really seamless and you
00:09:39
won't miss anything out if you've
00:09:41
enjoyed this video then don't forget to
00:09:43
leave me a comment in the comments box
00:09:45
down below let me know if you've tried
00:09:47
un riddle before let me know how you
00:09:50
typically um write your essays do you
00:09:52
manage to write 5,000 words in a weekend
00:09:55
have you ever done that before and let
00:09:57
me know in the comments down below and
00:09:58
if you haven't subscribed please do
00:10:00
subscribe to see more content like this
00:10:02
and I will see you in my next video bye
