Writing an essay is a long, grueling process. You'll laugh. You'll cry. Okay, mostly you'll just cry. The Office understands.

1. When your professor hands out the assignment and asks if there are any questions:

2. After you read over the prompt and realize you have no idea what it's saying:

3. When you check your calendar and know you have to start writing tomorrow:

4. When you start writing, but don't know what you're saying:

5. When you'll take any excuse to not actually work on your essay:

6. When you know you need to finish your paper, but your friend just invited you to do something fun:

7. When you get home and realize you still have six pages to write:

8. When you're just trying to hit your word count:

9. After it's been five hours, and you've only written three more paragraphs:

10. When you're really just considering giving up:

11. When you have to give yourself a pep talk:

12. When you're so close to, yet so far away from, the conclusion:

13. When you FINALLY finish: