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AI Essay Composer

Choose the essay type, level, length and citation style. You get an outline to edit first, pick from real academic sources, then get the full essay. It cites only the sources you tick.

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Essay ComposerExample
TypeArgumentativeLevelUndergraduateLength600 wordsCitationsAPA

  1. 1.Thesis: free buses would cut car trips in city centers

    Free fares remove a cost people notice every single day, which is why trial schemes deserve a close look (Rivera, 2021).

  2. 2.Who gains most: commuters on low incomes

  3. 3.Objection: who pays for it

    Running costs would shift onto local budgets [citation needed].

  4. 4.Conclusion: start with a city-wide trial

Cites only sources you ticked; unsupported claims get [citation needed]

How it works

  1. 1

    Set the brief

    Pick an essay type, your level (high school, undergraduate or graduate), a target length between 150 to 1,500 words and a citation style.

  2. 2

    Edit the outline

    The composer writes an outline first: thesis, sections and the point each one makes. Reorder, rewrite or delete sections before any prose is written.

  3. 3

    Tick sources, get the essay

    Choose the academic sources you want cited from the composer’s search. The essay is written from your outline, with in-text citations and a reference list. Humanize it as a last pass if you like.

Eight essay types

Each type has its own shape, and the outline follows it. Pick the one your assignment asks for.

Argumentative

Takes a position and defends it against the strongest objection.

Expository

Explains a topic clearly, without arguing for a side.

Narrative

Tells a story with a beginning, a turn and an end.

Descriptive

Builds a picture of a person, place or moment.

Compare and contrast

Sets two things side by side and says what the differences mean.

Cause and effect

Traces why something happened and what followed.

Persuasive

Aims to change the reader’s mind, with a clear call at the end.

Reflective

Looks back at an experience and what you took from it.

How it keeps the essay yours

  • Outline first

    You see the structure before the prose, which is where most of an essay’s quality is decided. Fixing a weak section in the outline takes seconds.

  • Real academic sources

    The composer searches OpenAlex, an open catalog of more than 250 million scholarly works, and links each result to its DOI or source so you can check it. Only the sources you tick get cited.

  • Citations formatted by code

    In-text citations and the reference list follow APA, MLA, Chicago or Harvard. They are formatted by code rather than written by the AI, so every reference follows the same rules. You can also choose no citations.

  • Length you set

    Anywhere from 150 to 1,500 words, so a short response and a full paper both come out at the size you need.

  • Written for your level

    Choose high school, undergraduate or graduate, and the vocabulary and sentence structure follow it.

  • Humanize the finished essay

    Tick this option and the essay goes through the AI Humanizer paragraph by paragraph. Citations and the reference list stay exactly as written: if a rewrite would lose a citation, that paragraph keeps its original wording.

Why RealWrite

We would rather tell you what the tool won’t do than oversell it.

What it does

  • Shows you an editable outline before writing
  • Finds real academic sources, each linked to its DOI or source
  • Cites only the sources you tick
  • Formats in-text citations and the reference list in code
  • Matches the type, level, length and style you set

What it won’t do

  • Make up quotes, authors or page numbers
  • Cite a source you did not tick
  • Decide your school’s AI policy for you
  • Skip the outline step

Who it’s for

  • Students planning an essay

    Use the outline to see how an argument could be structured, then write or rework it yourself. Check your course’s policy on AI tools before you submit anything.

  • Tutors and teachers

    Make a model essay of a given type and level for a class discussion, citing real papers the class can open through their DOI links.

  • Second-language writers

    See how a compare and contrast or a cause and effect essay is usually built in English, section by section.

  • Bloggers and newsletter writers

    Turn a topic into a structured long-form draft backed by published research, with every cited source linked.

Questions about the Essay Composer

You can try it with a free account. For regular use, paid plans come with monthly word allowances: Essential 30,000 words/mo, Pro 100,000 words/mo and Business Unlimited words/mo.

No. Sources come from OpenAlex, an open catalog of more than 250 million academic works, and each one links to its DOI or source so you can check it. The essay cites only the sources you tick, and any claim none of them supports is marked [citation needed] so you can find support or cut it.

Yes, that is the point of it. Reorder sections, rewrite the thesis or delete a paragraph before the essay is written.

Anywhere from 150 to 1,500 words. Set the target before you generate the outline.

APA, MLA, Chicago or Harvard, with in-text citations and a reference list formatted by code. You can also choose no citations.

No. The humanizer works through the essay paragraph by paragraph, and any paragraph whose rewrite would lose a citation keeps its original text. The reference list is left exactly as written.

That depends on your school or employer, and many have clear rules about AI-written work. We built the composer to help you plan, structure and draft. Read your policy and treat the output as a starting point.

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