I have been working on my essay for school all day. The last few days actually. I find it difficult to analyze 1 specific aspect of a fictional short story in a minimum of 5 paragraphs. I am used to summarizing a story not analyzing it. I don't have that "critical eye" when I read through a story. I'll usually just read it and then when I am finished I'll say, "Gee, that piece of literature is very well written and quite interesting," or "Gee, that piece of literature fucking sucks and I never want to read it again!". Of course these aren't the only things I'll say, but I'm sure you get my point. I don't read any more into a story than what the words on the pages are saying. I think I make these essays way more difficult than they really are. I can't just write down whatever comes to mind and then revise it later. It seems like my brain wants to carefully evaluate every possible word of every sentence. It's wierd. I will re-read an unfinished sentence after each word I add to it. My inability to write freely is probably caused by some perfectionist form of OCD. Don't worry though I'll be fine ;) Anyway . . . I really need to get off the internet and stop wasting time!