Introducing.................. 
Purpose
My site consists of an insider's view of the small town of Wright. The voice is exactly that style also, like I'm telling the users a story. Not only is there information about the town but there is also an entertainment value in that I have stories or little details on each page.
Design
I started out my project by taking photos of the certain establishments in Wright that I wanted included on my site. I thought that this would be a good way to bring the user to the town. I think without photo's the site would not draw in the user as much and might be fairly boring.
As for paths in the essay, there is only one. This was done entirely on purpose. When one thinks of a small town they think of a simple life, as keeping with that theme I wanted the site to be simple. There is only one link on each page. I chose words that related to the page that you would see next. In some instances it's the actual name of the place, as in the co-op link, but the link such as putty you don't understand until you get to the page and see that it is the lumber yard. I did give the user one escape route if they needed it and that is the sign in the banner that will bring you to the home page.
I kept consistency by having text and a photo on each page. The place of the photo on each page is different, which is a change than if I were making a regular site in which it would all be consistent. Also, there aren't any outside links on my whole site. I chose to do this because I wanted all the control of the user to go where I wanted them to go. On a regular site I would have numerous internal links per page and also outside links to related material, this is not the case on my essay site. By taking away the options of the user I have more control over them as the creator of the site. There is only one way to read my essay and its all marked out for the user.
Problems
In my plans I had only intended to have a few sentences on each page. When I first started I found out that I would have to add more text because the site didn't have a voice or any substantial information. I decided to add stories of my experiences with the different places. This in turn helped with the voice of the essay.
I had also intended for many more pages to my essay. They didn't happen partially due to lack of time and partially because I wanted the site to be small. The subject of the site is a small town and I wanted to inforce the idea of just how small it is by not having much on the site.
I also had some issue's trying to get the pages uploaded, not unusual. I had put in a space when I was saving some pages and not others so it was easy to fix by just taking the space out and saving everything again.
I decided to link the last page back to my home page for this assignment but I will change that if I continue on with the project, which is my plan. I will add more pages and consider adding more than one link to a page, but I'm still thinking if I want to change the navigation because I like the way it is and I think it works for the site.
Another problem that was brought up during the critique of my site was that some of my links might cause a user to bail out before reading the entire text. I changed this on the church page by changing the order of information. For the most part the links are at the very end of the page but there are a couple that have the link in the last paragraph. The home page is an exeption to this. I didn't feel that I should change the link or switch the order of the information because it would create confusion. However, it is the first page you actually open in the site so I don't think the likelyhood that the user will bail is very high.