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[arnavtul]

The hardest part of paper writing for me is getting the inspiration/idea.  The second hardest is getting started.  I think I have the idea and now I must get started.  About my paper for anyone who cares:
Recently a never published manuscript was discovered of a novel by Julia Ward Howe, the 19th century poet best known for The Battle Cry of the

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[eumelia]

Boy, do I sympathise!

Three papers, three! Though mine are probably considerably shorter than yours.

One page, up to three pages and up to ten pages, for me.

[gonzo21]

I found the hardest part tended to be getting the mark back...

[shelestel]

Zizek (in the doc Zizek!) mentions that he has a problem of writing and that he plays a trick on himself: first, he says to himself, it's not writing, it's just putting down ideas, but in an elaborated form. And for a while he just writes down ideas, without worrying about the final product. Then, at some point, he tells himself: ok, now I have already got all the material, I just need to edit it, and then the job is that of an editor. I work pretty much the same way when I have to write something, and I find it works.
Aside, your research topics "turn me on", as an American would say.