The most important responsibility of an appellate court is to determine whether errors of sufficient magnitude occurred in the lower court or tribunal to warrant disturbing the judgment or ruling on appeal. The second most important responsibility, in my opinion, is to provide explanations for the decisions in the form of written opinions. In this Article, I seek to provide some insight into how judges write opinions, as well as to provide some insight into the processes and procedures in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In Part II, I will discuss the framework of the Eleventh Circuit and how appeals are handled within the Circuit. Part III contains a discussion concerning the decisions that are made with respect to opinions, such as whether the opinion should be published and whether a summary affirmance is appropriate. In Part IV, I discuss the structure of opinions, the style of opinions, and the audience. Finally, in Part V, I discuss what happens after opinions are circulated to the other judges of the panel and how opinions are released by the clerk.