Bоdy Pаrаgrаph 2 (Meet This Wоrd Cоunt: 150-225 words) Focus on your second myth about academic writing. Identify it in the topic sentence. Explain how you learned this idea, how it affected your writing, and why you are prepared to abandon it or replace it with another belief about the same idea. For example, consider any or all of the following: How will your writing now change? How does rejecting the myth free you or help you to write more effectively? How will it make your writing stronger? Example topic sentence: For years I believed that if my essays were longer than other students’ then they must be better, but now I realize that length is not a suitable measurement of quality.