This week I totally scrapped my research paper and started over, approaching it a new way. Along with way, I found that free writing and talking to the author can really help. I took an article and copied it into word then read it while keeping my fingers at the ready to type a response or an idea or a solution or question or…well, you get the idea—I was on a roll. Never before did I realize the potential for these articles to be, not only regurgitated, but also manipulated. It is like having a conversation within the text, there just isn't a response. Going through this article and responding to it before I took it apart really gave me a reason to read it and a direction to go when it came to placing the facts in the paper. I am so thankful this has finally clicked and I am actually excited to research now! Let the conversing begin!