When mentioning a 5 to 8 page paper its usually scary for me to think of what given topics I can write so much about. I have to think of which topic is of best interest to me and what am I going to enjoy  writing about since its long paper. I make my self a small draft and write down what I can write about to make things more easier. This helps out a lot and by then things go more smoother and I’m more comfortable writing my paper. I would really enjoy though if the Research paper was a Broader topic, that way it would be more exciting to write about it.