I am both nervous and stressed that I will not fully understand the requirements of the writing assignment. When I think of creating a research paper I worry that I will not use enough words to get my point across. Before starting at Belhaven my emails were anything but detailed and at least once a week I was reminded to use more words. With each class, I learn more tools that will help me with my writing. I have learned to create a formal outline. It has helped me to better understand the content of a research paper. I have 13 hours invested in the creation my outline. My professor reminded the class that time spent on the outline would make drafting the paper less difficult. Once I receive feedback on the outline I can focus on the weak
