<p>How can one go about strengthening/improving their essay writing skills? </p>
<p>I still got good couple of years before college essays but I want to prepare for it now when I have the time to. Also, my English teacher assigns many essays so it will help me in the present time as well. </p>
<p>I think that a good, really simple thing to do in order to gradually improve your essay writing is to go to google scholar or what have you and read through essays on topics which interest you.</p>
<p>There are also a bucket load of books out there which are collections of scholarly essays on rather academic topics. </p>
<p>Practicing for your own personal development is not a bad idea either. You can create a blog where you post essays you have written about your favorite books or what have you and get feedback that way. Heck you could even do that through the “notes” area of facebook.</p>