writer's block?
Apr. 2nd, 2006 05:56 pmSo, I'm working on my term paper, due in 10 days. The last time I was in college, term papers were always 20 pages long, so I think I somehow had that in my head when I did my research. I definitely have enough stuff copied and studied for a 20 page paper! This one is only supposed to be 10-15 pages, though, and I have 10 pages now. It's on "the historic mission of the public library." The part I've written is the "historic" part, which is what I said my paper would be on. If I were to expand, I would want to go into what current mission statements say, and talk about what wild-eyed radical librarians are advocating for public libraries to do. I've got the stuff printed out, underlined and noted.... and it's really the part I'm more interested in. Getting this much done has been like pulling teeth, though, so I'm reluctant to start expanding the scope. Although, maybe it's been so hard because it's the part I'm not really interested in.
Even if I stop the body of the paper here, I still have the problem of wrapping it all up. I've told 'em what I'm gonna tell 'em, I've told 'em what I've got to say; now I need to tell 'em what I told 'em. So to speak. Would that be easier or harder if I added a couple of pages on the current status? I can kinda almost see that... I planned to finish this sucker this weekend. I want to have next weekend to study for finals on the 11th and 12th. Maybe I'll give it a shot and see if it's as hard going as the rest of the paper was. If so, I'll just wrap up the historic part.
Even if I stop the body of the paper here, I still have the problem of wrapping it all up. I've told 'em what I'm gonna tell 'em, I've told 'em what I've got to say; now I need to tell 'em what I told 'em. So to speak. Would that be easier or harder if I added a couple of pages on the current status? I can kinda almost see that... I planned to finish this sucker this weekend. I want to have next weekend to study for finals on the 11th and 12th. Maybe I'll give it a shot and see if it's as hard going as the rest of the paper was. If so, I'll just wrap up the historic part.