Stan, you've already finished your essay? I've been working on mine for two weeks, and I'll need another week before it's finished.
I know, Jenny, it's a huge project - researching. thinking of an argument and then finding details that show the argument is true.
That part only took me one week. But writing and rewriting,and then deleting and writing again ...that's killing me!
That part didn't bother me.
What's your secret?
I write an outline: a basic plan of what I'm going to say. And then I fill it in with topics for each paragraph. After that,I put notes about what details to include.
That sounds hard.
It's easier than you think, and when it's time to write, everything goes really smoothly. I have an outline from last semester that I could show you, if you're interested.