Glad to hear you finished it! I was going to suggest that you take some lessons from my favorite columnist, Dave Barry. He wrote a column a number of years ago about how to make stuff up when you don't know what you're talking about (in addition to expanding the margins, large fonts, etc.). Here's his example essay on the Monroe Doctrine:
THE INTENT OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE
"The Monroe Doctrine is, without a doubt, one of the most important and famous historical doctrines ever to be set forth in doctrine form. And yet, by the same token, we must ask ourselves: Why? What is the quality that sets this particular doctrine - the Monroe Doctrine - apart from all the others? There can be no question that the answer to this question is: The intent. For when we truly understand the intent of a doctrine such as the Monroe Doctrine, or for that matter any other doctrine, only then can we truly know exactly what that doctrine was intended to accomplish as far as doctrinal intention is concerned. This has been an issue of great significance to historians and human beings alike throughout the distinguished history of this great country that we call, simply, `the United States of America,' a country that has produced more than its share of famous doctrines and great heroes and, yes, educators of the caliber of Mr. Fossum, doing such a superb job of preparing the young people of tomorrow for the day when we, as a society and yet by the same token also as a nation, finally reach 200 words."
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