My topic of Medieval Europe definitely had to be narrowed down to something I could handle. I became totally overwhelmed by the amount of information that was available about the Catholic church in the Middle Ages. I really enjoyed reading what I had found, but soon realized I had spent way too much time on reading and not really making any progress on the paper. Upon great advice, I decided to focus on the buying and selling of indulgences in the Catholic church during this time period. This seems to be a much more manageable topic to research.
While I am pleased about narrowing the topic of this paper, the research is still a bit much for an amateur researcher and writer as myself. I had really hoped to be much further along with the rough draft at this point, but I still get sidetracked with the research. I have found the outline method to be incredibly helpful. I realize most of my fellow students probably don't need this, but it was a great suggestion for me. Thank goodness for the due dates on this project! It certainly does help to take it smaller sections that I can manage. I am looking forward to the getting the rough draft turned in and get some feedback on it.
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