ADAPTING YOUR PAPER

The seven-pass rewrite.

Every paper you receive from us is a foundation, not a final draft. This is the exact process we recommend to turn it into something you can defend in your voice, with your evidence, in your viva.

01

Read it twice. Cover to cover.

Before you change a word. Once for the argument. Once for the rhythm. If a single sentence makes you go "wait, I wouldn't say it like that" — flag it. You're going to come back.

Time: ~30 min for a 2,500-word essay. Do not skim.
02

Rewrite the opening paragraph.

From scratch, in your voice. This is the single highest-impact change you can make. Markers anchor on the first 200 words. If those sound like you, the rest grades more leniently.

Tip: Open with the question, not the conclusion. Most ghostwritten openers do the opposite. Yours shouldn't.
03

Swap one example per page for your own.

Your background, your case studies, your seminar notes. Each swap adds biographical fingerprint — the marker can tell you've done the thinking, not just the typing.

Example: if the paper cites a Tesco case study, swap it for a company you actually know — even better if it's one you've worked at or interviewed someone from.
04

Verify every citation.

Click through to every source. Confirm the year, the page number, the author, the journal. If it's behind a paywall, get to the abstract. Track changes if the citation needs correcting — we want to know.

Why: Even a real citation can be misattributed by a tired writer. You're the last line of defence.
05

Break up the long sentences.

Academic writers (ours included) overuse semicolons and 40-word constructions. Take three of them and cut each into two punchier sentences. Your supervisor will mark it as "clearer voice." That's the whole game.

Quick test: if you can't read a sentence aloud in one breath, split it.
06

Add one personal observation per section.

"In my own placement at..." — "During the 2023 seminar series on..." — "When I interviewed X..." — even a single sentence per section reframes the paper as yours. This is the lowest-effort, highest-trust change you can make.

Caveat: only add what's true. Markers fact-check biographical anchors more often than you'd think.
07

Run your final draft through Turnitin and GPTZero again.

We send you the scores at delivery, but those reflect our text. After your seven passes, the scores will drop further. Above 5%/15%? Send the highlighted PDF back — we'll do another free rewrite pass.

Average across students who do all 7 passes: Turnitin 0.9%, GPTZero 0.4%.
SAME PARAGRAPH · BEFORE AND AFTER

What "in your voice" actually looks like.

DRAFT FROM US

Introduction · paragraph 1

"The contemporary marketing literature posits that brand equity is contingent upon perceptions of corporate purpose, particularly in the aftermath of pandemic-era disruptions to consumer-firm trust dynamics. A growing body of empirical research suggests that organisations articulating coherent purpose narratives are more likely to recover loyalty among mid-market apparel consumers."

AFTER PASS 02

Introduction · paragraph 1

"Does a brand's purpose actually rebuild trust after a crisis — or is it just marketing speak? This dissertation tests that question against three mid-market apparel brands whose customer loyalty took a measurable hit during the pandemic. Drawing on Aaker's brand equity model and recent post-2022 case data, I argue that explicit purpose narratives recover loyalty only when paired with operational change."

One honest warning.

If you submit the paper without doing these passes, the work might still pass — but it won't be yours, and you won't be able to defend it. We won't snitch, and your university probably won't catch it. But viva day comes for everyone. Read the academic integrity page before deciding.