I thought that this reading provided me with a good guide to how I should confront my paper. Many of the things discussed were obvious steps to writing a paper, but I really liked how the reading discussed why these steps need to be taken and the proper way to do it. This reading did introduce me to a few new ideas that I think would be useful to my research paper writing. For instance, I think listing key terms that I see come up in articles is a very good idea. Having those terms in front of me will probably help me to organize my thoughts and the topics I want to discuss. I also really liked the idea of recording my progress on my research paper in a journal. I really like the idea of having all my information in one, solid, orgainzed notebook. With a journal, I will be able to cite my sources easily, and will be able to remember spirts of inspiration I may come across. In addition, I think a journal would also organize my thoughts and will help keep me on the right track. I have a bad habit of diverting the topic when writing papers, and I think journal keeping will help eliminate that.