Essay stuff

[guanin]

I'm so extremely glad that I did the outline for this thing on the computer, because otherwise, I'd be freaking out. I'm good for time, but I'm soo tiireed. So very tired. It's all physical, though. I no longer feel overworked since I took a break yesterday, but my body decided to hate me again and refused to fall asleep for two hours, then I woke up who knows when, fell asleep again and I'm not even sure that I was properly asleep when the alarm clock went off at 8:40 because I sort off faded into consciousness instead of having that rude shock when my dreams get interrupted by that blasted thing. Ii even had to explain to one of my professors today why I was yawning so much. "It's not you, it's me" (Okay, I didn't actually say that). So I started formally writing the essay today. However, I'd informally started it when I decided to get an outline down (which I never do that early) when I started researching, because there are too many numbers in the equation and it was just easier that way. But since I don't really do "proper" outlines, it's more chunky paragraphs than anything else which I essentially designed as key phrases to be fleshed out later, so I already had 1,300 words to start with. Now I've written 160 of introduction and it's going to be at least double that, maybe more. The conclusion is another 300. That's 1,900 words already. Cool. I'm just really missing 1,000 of new material and with all there is I'll reach that easily. Double coo. Now if only my hip, legs, and elbows would stop hurting.

ETA: I hate it when I unintentionally copy someone else's phrasing. I keep doing that. Damn it.

Comments

[g0shawk.livejournal.com]

Geez, I know exactly how you feel. *hugs* Good luck!

And omg I do that all the time - accidentally copying phrasing. >,< I think I usually catch it, but I'm always really scared I won't. It's especially annoying with fanfiction b/c I don't want to plagiarize!

[guanin.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I feel all right mentally, but my body is killing me from being in this chair for so long.

It's so annoying, isn't it? It's not like we do it on purpose.

[everworld2662.livejournal.com]

"It's not you, it's me". That is absolutely wonderful. I may have to use that. =D

Almost there, then! =) Essays are evil, so good luck.

And lol about the phrasing thing. I think that's what good phrasing does, you know? Gets stuck in your head and forces it's way into everything you write until you can shake it. XD

[guanin.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I have 1,400 words now, and that's not counting 300 in footnotes, because those count and now I wish they didn't because the conclusion is going to take another 300 and that makes 3,000 and I'm still not done with the discussion. The one essay I did with footnotes just had to be the broadest one, didn't it? At least I'm not breaking my skull open like with the second Aztec one. That was evil.

I'm constantly checking back with the sources to see if I unintentionally used the same phrase and then end up changing like one word. There's only so many ways you can say something.