the level of excitement was getting higher and higher as the day went on.

it was just us 4 kids at home waiting anxiously for some news of the baby
the day seemed to stretch on forever, ... because there was nothing to do but wait
suddenly negative feelings started coming in my head
i started to think about what would happen if something went wrong
all of a sudden i realized that i was worrying about my mom more and more and the excitement started to slowly die away

my mind was very troubled at these depressing thougts.

yet i was getting more and more anxious, even irritated, to hear some news from my parents

my siblings weren't as unenthusiastic as i was

i tried to bring cheerful thoughts back into my mind

Ok. I was continuing to freewrite for my essay topic that i posted yesterday. (describe a person (even yourself) at a time of great emotion; for example, joy, anger, grief, etc.)

i think this is good enough, right?
i want to make an outline of how my essay will be organized so then i can start the actual writing. i would appreciate it if someone could please help me with that
thanks a lot

I just googled that and I found many many good outlines for essays.

I suggest you go onto google, and type in: outline for an essay.

Try out the first three on that search.

So far, so good. :-)

thank you both very much

this is a rough outline that i made to guide myself throughout the essay:

Outline

I. Introduction (thesis)
II. Second Paragraph (how the day began and how I was feeling)
III. Third Paragraph ( phone calls started coming in. feelings were changing)
IV. Fourth Paragraph (depressing feelings. Stress. Everybody waiting anxiously)
V. Conclusion (dad calls and we find out it’s a girl. How the day ends. Feelings)

is it alright? are there any changes at all needed?

now i just need to think of a good thesis statement

I. Introduction (thesis)

II. Second Paragraph (how the day began and how I was feeling)
III. Third Paragraph ( phone calls started coming in. feelings were changing)
IV. Fourth Paragraph (depressing feelings. Stress. Everybody waiting anxiously)
V. Conclusion (dad calls and we find out it’s a girl. How the day ends. Feelings)

why isn't it showing up?

yeah, the same thing was happening to me as well. I had made an outline for you but couldn't post it.

For some reason, this board won't copy outlines or material with bullets. If you'd like us to look at it, you'll need to type it here.

Oh, that's kind of strange because I had typed it myself, but still it wouldn't post.