reaction to writing paper #1

When the "Small Object, Large Subject" essay was first introduced I'm not going to lie, I was dreading it. Papers in general bum me out because that means I have to actually spend time locked in my room racking my brain for hours instead of hanging out with my friends. College is way different than high school, the best part of living on campus is being able to walk down the hall to a friend's room instead of having to get all ready and drive 10 minutes across town. For me, growing up I was kind of an outcast because I lived so far away from town and couldn't walk to a friend's place.

Ok, I'm getting off on a tangent, back to the paper.

Once I settled on a topic, I had a better idea of what this first paper was all about. Now whether or not I was going to be able to write it... that's a different story. It literally takes me f.o.r.e.v.e.r. to write a single paragraph, let alone a sentence. It's like I know what I want to say but can't seem to type it or write it on paper and it frustrates the daylights out of me. This is the exact reason why I love the writing center. They help me organize my thoughts and make an outline of my entire paper so all I have to do is fill in the blanks.

Actually writing the paper though was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. Seriously, writing 5 entire pages about hand sanitizer isn't that easy. I found myself trying to elaborate on every single little detail and still not coming up with enough content to fill all 5 pages. I mean, I did try really hard even though I probably didn't do that great.