Adding graphs, images, stats?

I was just reading Michelle's blog and she mentioned how she'd like to add a comic stip into her paper. Great idea! I have been so overwhelmed with the content of the paper that I didn't even stop to think about how pictures or graphs could benefit my paper.

I think I'll try to find some graphs showing certain statistics that I could reference in my paper. I have encountered a lot of statistical figures in my research that could strengthen the research-aspect of my paper. As a reader, I prefer to read articles containing images or graphical representations. So why not include them in my own writing?

Finishing Up

I have about 12 pages of my research paper now. It has been a long, time-consuming journey. I am not as far into my paper as I'd like to be at this point, but I am confident I can have it completed by the due date. One of the main struggles I've had with this paper is time management. As a writer, I take especially long to write papers because I edit and revise each sentence as I am writing. Due to this odd writing behavior, it sometimes takes 10 minutes to construct 2-3 perfect sentences. I have never been able to spit out a rough draft and then take the time and edit and revise it. Because of the required length of this paper, writing the way I do had made this paper a VERY long process for me.

For the most part, I am pretty satisfied with the quality of my paper. The research was very interesting and has inspired me (even more) to get involved in the struggle to end homelessness. Up to this point, I have mainly focused on homelessness in the United States. I would like to write about homelessness in other developed countries and see how it compares to the U.S.. I am still unsure how I'll wrap it up, we'll see when we get there.