Resistance is Useless!
I can put off unpleasant tasks for as long as I want, but eventually they need to be done. Today, I finally did the topic sentence exercise for Chapter 2. This involved highlighting every paragraph's topic sentence, making sure it clearly identified what the paragraph was about, making sure the subsequent sentences actually related to the topic sentence, and then seeing if said paragraphs were arranged in a logical manner (um, they weren't.)
Surprisingly, it only took an hour or so, and the results read very nicely! Advisor really knows what she's talking about (dammit, I knew that, didn't I?)
Progress is being made:
chapter 2 and 3 edits from Second Reader are done!
topic sentence exercise for chapter 2 is done!
chapter 1 edits from Second Reader are started!
chapter 6 edits from Advisor are started!
Footnote check is started!
Things I'm still avoiding:
editing my introduction
editing my conclusion
long list of source-checks, which involves going into town to the library. I'm thinking Thursday for that task.
Goal: full draft to fabulous non-academics by next week. Full draft to Advisor (possibly committee?) by end of the month.
Surprisingly, it only took an hour or so, and the results read very nicely! Advisor really knows what she's talking about (dammit, I knew that, didn't I?)
Progress is being made:
Things I'm still avoiding:
Goal: full draft to fabulous non-academics by next week. Full draft to Advisor (possibly committee?) by end of the month.
Labels: history, history writ small
posted by Courtney at 9:55 PM
3 Comments:
wow. that's a goal--might conflict with the plans i had for your time... see my latest post :-)
Elle, I would WELCOME a chance to read something that has nothing to do with my stuff. Send it along.
That sounds like a really good exercise, as unpleasent as it might have been to get started with it. You've inspired me to face my Unpleasent Task of the Week. :)
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