You know that moment when you’ve read dozens of sources, finished all your research, and now when you put it all together in the first draft, you have two and a half times the word count it is supposed to be. You don’t yet have a thesis but you kinda know what it is. But the whole thing is so massive that I don’t know where to start.
I hate this point. Because I know if I do it right, I can get an A+ because all the ingredients for that are there. But I can also really bomb it.
What do you do when you’re at that point and your mind is dead and you have a bad case of writer’s block, and you’ve already wasted time taking a walk, taking a shower, taking a break. It’s like tackling a big bull.
walk away and do something relaxing. Take a few days break. Come back and look at the picture again. Michelangelo once said: "to understand your work fully sometimes you have to look at the picture from far away". God Bless.
^ I dont know about those two but I finished mine recently and I am quite sure I was vying for 'world's best procrastinator' during those days. Sometimes I panicked, sometimes I made yummy khayali pulaos and sometimes I justhrew it away and tried to enjoy my sleep.
Haha Saby, same here, and it's not even like I hate what I am writing about. I love the topic. But still, it's just this one phase which is when I procrastinate. What really drives me crazy is that I can picture the finished product, I know what to do to get there, but I just CAN'T.
Now I have somehow managed to waste six hours and I have no idea what I spent them on.
Sarah - I went to sleep, I do that under pressure. Usually my subconcious works it out and when I wake up, I know where to start. If not that morning then the next.
But that is me, not everyone :) as I said up there, good luck :) you'll do fine
