Blog Introduction + User Manual (Click me!)

About Me + This Blog:

Hey there! It's Timothy. This is TimmyWrites, a one-of-a-kind blog that is a repository for all MUN + debate related resources, from position papers to background guides and everything in between!

First of all, why should you be even reading this blog? Why should you even trust this random person on the internet?

If you don't know me, I'm Timothy Chummar, a high schooler from Sharjah, UAE. 

Model UN and debates have literally changed my life.

How does 12 conferences as a delegate, 12 prizes, a youth business summit and 4 conferences as a chairperson change your life? 

Well, it's the reason I've received a lot of awards + financial grants for my Model UN work and its tangential work.

All this and more are the result of Model UN and debates in my life. It's made me a better writer, thinker, and speaker which has helped me in multiple ways.

It changed my life tremendously and I know it can change yours. That's why I've created this blog.

Purpose Of This Blog:

This blog is meant to be a repository of resources. Apart from a few tips, I'm giving you the unfiltered sauce: the reason why I stacked all those awards. Of course, I've improved over time which is why each position paper and background guides gets better over time.

I've compiled the resources I wish I had as a high-schooler, starting out with my MUN journey. You can get a ton of MUN advice from the internet, but nobody shows you HOW to do stuff. I'm ungatekeeping all of my documents and making it open-source for you.

This should help you have clarity on what an award-winning position paper, draft resolution, and background guide should look like. To win, you need the right resources and you can find them all right here. Happy reading. :)

How To Use This:

Disclaimer: There's no copyright for any of this, but that doesn't mean that you can just copy my work. It's not meant to be a crutch. It's meant to be a guide for you, so please play fair and don't just steal all of my work in its entirety. You can be inspired, but intellectual theft isn't classy.

Click 'Labels' at the left to navigate through my posts. You'll find the classification of all of my resources there.

That's all from my side. Go for the prize and make me proud! 

Econonomics Articles Introduction

 Hey there! It's Timothy.

I'm a economics guy, to put it simply. 

"Tell me if you can find somebody else who binges on Jacob Clifford, Vox, and a bunch of Indian economics channels in his free time, and I'll tell you what kind of a guy he is."

- Socrates (not the one you're thinking about)

I've done a lot of economics work in high school including two research papers I'm working on right now (for the hawks, it's behavioral and developmental), writing about Indian economic policies & problems for a think tank at the University of Virginia, and a lot more stuff.

This segment of my blog is going to be a lot of economics rants, exploring why the world works the way it does, and the occasional crashout either about the national team (hopefully) or my exams.

Happy reading! =)

Position Papers Introduction

Hey there! It's Timothy.

In my first Model UN conference, there wasn't anybody to tell me how to write a position paper, yet I ended up winning 2nd Best Delegate (in which FYI, your position paper is heavily accounted for). After ~19 conferences in total, I've been on both sides of the spectrum (as an author and as a judge).

This section is to be a critique of me and my brother's previous position papers which will give you insights into how to write a great position paper, tips on how to write a good position paper, and much more. 

Happy reading! =)

Draft Resolutions Introduction

Hey there! It's Timothy.

In my first Model UN conference, I didn't know how to write a draft resolution, yet I ended up winning 2nd Best Delegate (in which FYI, your resolution + presentation does heavily influence your prize decisions and is often the way people comeback). I want to bridge that gap for you by showing you how I did it across the ~19 MUNs that I've done.

This section is a collection of me and my brother's previous draft resolutions which will give you insights into how to write a great resolution, what makes for strong resolutions, how to frame unbreakable solutions, how to win best policymaker/draft resolution and much more. 

Happy reading! =)

Background Guides Introduction

Hey there! It's Timothy.

Now we get into the fun stuff. It's no longer your first conference.

Hopefully by now, you would've gone to quite a few conferences and bagged quite a few prizes.

Now, it's your time to chair. You've just got your first chairing acceptance mail and you're on cloud nine (at least, I was!).

Now, you have to do the painful work all chairs have to endure: writing a background guide/pre-conference guide.

I hope the background guides that me and my brother wrote help you in journey. These background guides should hopefully give you an idea of how a BG should be written and what are the pitfalls you should avoid. 

Happy reading! =)