Writing Too Much

I've never had a problem with writing.

Writing on and on about a subject and adding references to make my point even more valid was never something I had a problem with.

BUT, it becomes a problem when your MEMO has a page limit.

In the beginning I thought I would have a problem writing 8 pages on an issue that up until 2 weeks ago I knew nothing about.
I now feel like an expert on this issue.
We are not allowed to discuss our paper or what we wrote in our paper so I will spare the details.

Cutting those details down is the biggest issue yet.
I spent 3 hours cutting a 10 page paper down to 8 pages.
Many people think that an 8 page paper is easy to write but it is not easy when you have to condense information and you have to figure out what factors to leave out without cutting out points that are crucial to your argument.

Now it's time to put the revised paper down and look with new eyes tomorrow.
I hope my Memo kicks butt since I feel like it has been kicking my butt for the past couple of weeks.

It's the end of Week 7 and I've got to say, a lot of progress has been made.
The TJSL campus, especially the 2nd floor of the library has been my 1st home for these past 7 weeks but I've found a balance with it all.
I do not subject myself to whole days cooped up in this poorly decorated building but for the most part I'm here at least 5 hours a day outside of class time.
The blog is my sanctuary. It's me time right now.
My time to rant and rave about what bugs me and what bugs me right now is how all the books (mostly law reviews) are bound in colors that remind me of death or a hospital. Right across from me the Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethnic Journal is bound in a Bluish-Greenish color that looks the color of a barf bucket from the hospital. The walls of the study rooms are dreadful too. Why couldn't they just paint it good old fashioned WHITE? Instead it's an egg colored beige that looks like faded construction paper yellow.