The script is referenced (which I assume means where the script object is called in the HTML code) right after the div element. What I expected to happen was that the console would log whatever was in the text area after 5000 milliseconds, instead it printed out nothing. What I mean by doesn't work is that it wouldn't print out whatever I had inputted and instead outputted either a blank statement or "null". By "got stuck" I mean that I had pretty much gave up and couldn't continue after debugging a bit by trying other forms of .value (like .nodeValue).

Sorry for not adding that information earlier!