In the 1950s, Professor Paul Mc Henry Roberts wrote an essay, named “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” to explain how to be a better writer and how to make an essay become more attractive to readers. At the beginning, the author told a story about how he finished his writing homework with the article “Why College Football Should Be Abolished?” He gave many reasons to support his opinion, such as the football players liked race horses that must practice every day and had no time for studying. Another reason was the college football has become too commercial, not just for fun like the old days when the high school hired football stars played for its team. The author started his essay in a way most students do, trying to get a 500 words minimum without amazing details and counting every word. After that, he gave out his recommendations to help students make their essay more interesting. Firstly, the major point is avoiding obvious content. It means a writer has to give his own distinctive reason instead of normal reasons that other writers can think about. Additionally, he advised to “take the less usual side of the argument that most of the citizens will want to avoid.” Writing something new to most readers is very effective to keep them interesting in. “Slip out of abstraction” is the third recommendation. He wanted the writer gave clearly details or examples, not just lay out the facts. Furthermore, he suggested an essay should be “get rid of obvious padding.” This means the…