tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post6767937810009236273..comments2023-10-12T11:37:47.156-04:00Comments on ABSURDIST PARADISE: Weekend of Busy BusinessEarnest Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-19110118598445133292007-03-24T16:51:00.000-04:002007-03-24T16:51:00.000-04:00Hi Gretchen,I know unshowered, poverty-striken, an...Hi Gretchen,<BR/><BR/>I know unshowered, poverty-striken, and angry is part of the process -- but doesn't it get OLD?! ;)<BR/><BR/>So here's the breakdown (I mean the diss, not mine): I've written two very bad chapters (1 and 2) that will definitely need some fairly big revision, but. . .who cares. So I'm working on the intro this weekend, even if it's spotty, just so Peppy Advisor can read it altogether. I've written 20 pages of Chapter 3 and have been digging in some to Chapter 4. And that's all there is. I think I must be the kind of writer who has to write a bad version of the whole thing before I can call any particular chapter done -- or even really feel like I'm ready to revise. So I would say that I'm about 75-80 pages away from a first draft of the whole mess. About a month to six weeks, I guess?<BR/><BR/>If you're revising your intro, does that mean that the rest of it is (gulp) done? Rock on!<BR/><BR/>Dissertators unite!Earnest Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399701802496487396.post-63383336317928756422007-03-24T16:37:00.000-04:002007-03-24T16:37:00.000-04:00hi earnest...it would seem were in the same place:...hi earnest...it would seem were in the same place: unshowered, poverty stricken, angry, and writing a dissertation. nice to meet you!<BR/><BR/>i haven't read all of your posts, so i may be missing the obvious--how many chapters have you written and how many to go?<BR/><BR/>i'm revising my intro right now which is seriously depressing because revising what i wrote four years ago really means entirely re-write. ugh. in soladarity, ggwoertendykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542058287462910446noreply@blogger.com