I know how trite this sounds, but the secret of writing something like that is to just write it. a) Make a rough outline. b) Take the first point, and WRITE IT. c) Take the second point and write it. d) repeat ..... x) Do the references.
but yeah, once you've got the idea of what you want to say, just start saying it, nevermind the order. You can put it in order & fix the continuity later. Thank God for word-processers.
"I had a student who couldn't write an essay about a house. So, I had her write an essay about one brick of the house, and the essay went on forever."
A piece of advise from Prof. Blackwood: "Specificity is not a vice."
So, knowing what you topic is (Hah! I have a secret! :), you might start with one piece of terminology and explain it, following it's devolpment (more it's practical devolpment, since the labels are much newer). This lets you peripherally touch on the others, while providing the laser focus that I find helps me write a great deal more.
I had the same problem with the last semester paper (that was supposed to be part of my thesis) for grad school. About 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through the semester, the night before we were to bring in an outline, I completely redid the whole thing because I had a sudden moment of clarity. Of course, my prof wasn't happy when I wrote him that I had suddenly changed everything the night before. :P
People say these things don't write themselves, but to some extent they do. I always started doing my research and then pondering on it and things seemed to start falling into place as need be.
Starting with your topic and dropping it into an outline based on what you already know to answer what it is you're trying to prove is a good way to start. Hop onto the GT library site and look up journal articles and start reading - you should be able to whip up 20 sources pretty quickly and get an idea of where you need to go from there.
Of course, your other problem could be the dreaded senioritis, for which there really is no cure other than to
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a) Make a rough outline.
b) Take the first point, and WRITE IT.
c) Take the second point and write it.
d) repeat
.....
x) Do the references.
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but yeah, once you've got the idea of what you want to say, just start saying it, nevermind the order. You can put it in order & fix the continuity later. Thank God for word-processers.
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"I had a student who couldn't write an essay about a house. So, I had her write an essay about one brick of the house, and the essay went on forever."
A piece of advise from Prof. Blackwood:
"Specificity is not a vice."
So, knowing what you topic is (Hah! I have a secret! :), you might start with one piece of terminology and explain it, following it's devolpment (more it's practical devolpment, since the labels are much newer). This lets you peripherally touch on the others, while providing the laser focus that I find helps me write a great deal more.
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People say these things don't write themselves, but to some extent they do. I always started doing my research and then pondering on it and things seemed to start falling into place as need be.
Starting with your topic and dropping it into an outline based on what you already know to answer what it is you're trying to prove is a good way to start. Hop onto the GT library site and look up journal articles and start reading - you should be able to whip up 20 sources pretty quickly and get an idea of where you need to go from there.
Of course, your other problem could be the dreaded senioritis, for which there really is no cure other than to ( ... )
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