Collin vs. Blog: Dissertation advice?

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August 12, 2004

Collin vs. Blog: Dissertation advice?

So that I can find this later! I should probably print this out, poster-sized, and hang it here over my desk.

It would be nice if Collin would run some advice on exam writing, but since I just had coffee with him last week and bled him of as much as I could, I'll leave him alone for now.

What I hope to do (what I WILL do) is use the reading/writing for my exams as practice...set aside 3 hours a day in which I strictly discipline myself (no email, no surf, no...*gasp*...blog).

That way, by the time diss work begins, I'll be prepared. Because I KNOW the kind of writer I am: "I can't write anything...I don't KNOW anyting!! I have to read more first!!" Everytime I sit down to write, I end up reading more. This fearful babble and inertia persists until the Incomplete looms like a purple thundercloud, threatening to rain Fs.

Hm. Maybe I should work on that last Incomplete before I worry about exams.

Posted by mryonker at August 12, 2004 09:05 AM

Comments

Heya. Got the trackback notification, but it was pointing at the old address (as is the link above), which has changed since the upgrade...

Try this, edit entry, and replace the link above with:
http://wrt-brooke.syr.edu/cgbvb/archives/000287.html
And then, under URLs to ping, put:
http://writing.syr.edu/move/mt-tb.cgi/246

And this time, it's my fault--you did everything right. I'm still trying to iron out the upgrade over here...

Posted by: collin at August 12, 2004 11:54 AM

Oh, and by the way, for your blogroll:
http://www.purselipsquarejaw.org/index.php

Posted by: collin at August 12, 2004 12:03 PM

Frootloop-
You are working on running a marathon??? I just started running again after a long break (well, 3 months ago I began running about a half mile on a flat road with the dog pulling me and Mari biking ahead) but I haven't had a lot of motivation (other than needing to get in shape) or a lot of time for it. I have been planning to start next week when Mari goes to a different camp that starts earlier...but if you give me the stats on what you are running at now...maybe we can run together, a "long distances"-running "relationship". Then, in March, when you run the marathon, I can cheer you on from the side lines...or, depending on how long the marathon is, I will join you. I think it would be awesome or maybe I am just insane. Either way, what do you think? You are not a frootloop. You are unique. And a little crazy.
-MASG

Posted by: Mary Ann Steinacker-Grimm at August 13, 2004 12:01 AM