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The 10 Stages of Writing a Final Paper as Told by “Friends”

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Richmond chapter.

1. I have plenty of time. I’ll deal with it later.

2. I’ll do it this weekend for sure.

3. Well I’ll have time Tuesday and Wednesday night…

4. I’m really going to start. I should probably decide on a topic.

5. Okay an outline is good enough for tonight.

6. THE DRAFT IS DUE TOMORROW AND ALL I HAVE IS THIS MEASLY OUTLINE????

7. This paper is my life now.  Nothing else matters.  I must complete it.

8. AAAAAAAND I’M DONE!!!!

9. Handing it in. What did I even write? I hope it makes as much sense on paper as it did in my head…

10. Well, it’s out of my hands now.