How to Begin Writing

Entry posted by labuza · April 13, 2019

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Here are a few easy steps to begin writing anything important, such as a thesis.

Sit down at your laptop.
Open Word.
Pick the perfect playlist to help you focus and stay calm.
Refill your water bottle before you start so you won’t be interrupted later.
Check your email one last time so you aren’t worrying about it.
Oh no, I forgot to respond to that one email. I’ll just do that real quick.
You know what, while I’m thinking about it, I should email my friend real quick and cancel plans because I’ll be writing.
Go back to Word.
Stare at how white the page is.
Well now I’m panicked, let me just play a quick game of Solitaire to calm down.
Oh God, that was 30 minutes ago!
Take out a paper and pen, can’t get distracted by that. Sometimes the old fashioned way is better.
Where do we keep our lined paper?
Obtain lined paper.
Obtain a working pen.
No not that pen. I want the nice pen. This is my thesis after all.
Proceed to doodle for 20 min.
Look down and realize you’ve filled the page with nonsense.
Go back to Word.
Realize it is now dinner time and you’ve written nothing. Well, there’s always tomorrow.