You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.
It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.
Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.
To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the resolution passed on the matter.
People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views.
If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can think of lots more when you've finished the three pages, don't write it; it'll be that much easier to get going next day.
The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
The more you read, the better you get at it.