[MONTH YEAR] · [READ TIME]

[ESSAY TITLE] [Optional italic accent phrase.]

[ONE-PARAGRAPH DEK / OPENING — the line you'd use to convince someone to read the rest. State the take, not a tease. Two or three sentences max.]

[BODY PARAGRAPH 1 — open with a concrete observation or a story. Avoid generalisations. The reader should feel they're inside a specific moment by the end of this paragraph.]

[BODY PARAGRAPH 2 — continue developing the observation. Add detail. Where appropriate, anchor with a specific example from the field.]

[OPTIONAL SUBHEAD if the essay has natural sections]

[Continue the argument. Essays don't have to follow the case-study structure — feel free to break the heading pattern or drop subheads entirely. The case-beat class just gives you a nice serif H2 if you want one.]

[BODY PARAGRAPH — develop the argument. Keep paragraphs short enough to scan, long enough to carry weight.]

[OPTIONAL SUBHEAD — the turn]

[The point where you complicate the easy answer, or admit the thing nobody else will admit. The strongest essays earn their authority by being honest about what they don't fully know.]

[CONTINUE...]

[OPTIONAL SUBHEAD — closing]

[Land the essay. The closing paragraph should be the line you'd want quoted back to you. Specific, memorable, earned. Avoid wrap-up phrases like "in conclusion" or "to sum up."]

[FINAL LINE — a single sentence that the reader will remember a week later. Worth taking time to get right.]