The Advantage Series · 60 Minutes
The Writing Advantage
Know the content, lose the marks? The essay system that turns what you know into what examiners reward — plan, draft, tighten. For English, History, Geography, Sciences and every written paper.
Why This Workshop?
Good Students Write Bad Essays
Knowing the content and writing it under exam conditions are two different skills — and school usually only teaches the first. The red pen says "describe, don't analyse" as if you should have known. This workshop teaches the second skill, in one hour.
Outcomes
By the End You'll Know
- Command words decoded — what "explain", "analyse" and "evaluate" actually pay marks for
- The 5-minute roadmap — plan before prose, so the essay writes itself
- The ugly first draft — why writing fast then fixing beats fixing while writing
- Editing in passes — one sweep for structure, one for sentences, one for the clock
- Evidence placement — quotes, data and examples dropped exactly where the marks live
- Your Writing Contract — a timed-paper routine you design for your own subjects
The Core Framework
The W.R.I.T.E. System
Five moves for every written paper. You build your own version live.
Workshop Structure
60 Minutes. Zero Fluff.
Same tight, no-fluff format as every Advantage workshop.
Knowing content and writing under exam conditions are different skills. Where the marks actually come from — and why hard workers lose them anyway.
Command words, mark schemes, and the difference between describing and analysing — in plain English, with real examples.
The framework at the core of the workshop: Work the question · Roadmap · Ink · Tighten · Evidence. You build your own version live.
The live demo: we mark a real paragraph together on screen — then rewrite it with W.R.I.T.E. and watch the marks appear.
English, History, Geography, Sciences — how the same system flexes across subjects, and the timing strategy that gets you to the final question with minutes to spare.
You fill in your Writing Contract before you leave — your roadmap format and your timed-paper routine, in writing.
Contracts get filled in. Vague intentions don't.
Included
Everything You Need
Event Workbook
Follow-along pages for every section — including your roadmap builder and Writing Contract.
Command Word Card
Every command word and what it pays — one printable card for your desk.
Lifetime Replay
Lifetime access to the recording. Rewatch whenever a new term needs a reset.
Sunday 27 September 2026 · 10:00 AM BST
Turn Knowledge into Marks
Turn what you know into examiner marks — before the next mock. Book in two minutes on the Courses page — no account needed to pay.
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The Advantage Series
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