Welcome Zylynn!!
I am impressed by your enthusiasm
and another reader of the JB book! great!! :)

i know what you mean, when i used to "freewrite" it would be pages and i didn't want to look at it. but i would go back with my highlighter, and pick out things that did seem interesting.

but here's a suggestion, read through it, and highlight certain bits that you think are good, or you can expand on it. Within the 'primordial soup' of your writing, there will be some hidden gems, some rough diamonds that needs polishing.

if you find you keep repeating the same thing, don't worry just go with it.
just break it up into sections and do a bit by bit.

set your aims
work in little time frames, and report back here with what you have accomplished.

olivia, it's a pleasure to have you join this thread
good luck with your dissertation! you seem like a very free thinking intelligent person, i look forward to hearing about your progress, as a source of inspiration :)

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Anthropologa - nice to hear from you! wow Argentina, very exotic
looking forward to hearing about what you have done so far. okay cool catch up tommorow.
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morning folks!

lol you guys are so cute, i feel like the JB book is sort of like a prerequisite for joining the ABD club lol like it's part of the syllabus haha.
i think one day, I will write her a letter to say thanks for writing such a great book.
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liminalplace - nice to see you in this thread! you most definately can join up! like Anthropologa said, the more the merrier! a gold star should be awarded for Anthropologa for thinking of this idea :)

and it is NEVER too late for freethinking chapters, it will allow you to extend your imagination and maybe you will find something interesting you did not realise you even knew!

Anthropologa - how did you get on today?

didnt take a nap, forced myself to work till 1am.

didnt finish the results section of the chapter, like i was aiming for, i have about 1/3 left.

i did approximately 2000 words.
1 table, and 2 figures.

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see you peeps tommorow!

it's 1am, and i am tired and productivity had definately plumented, so heading to bed and getting a fresh start tommorow.

i have to submit a full first draft in 2 weeks, so today was the first day i am writing a proper 2nd draft. started on my chapter 3. from a combination of my paper and my earlier rough drafts.

words done today = 2092
1 table
2 figures.

did table of contents for the chapter and for tables and figures.

me too dragging myself through my chapter.

aww i am sure it will be great. at least you have done a chapter for them to give you feedback on. its always easier to improve on something than to start from scratch. don't worry.

i think my concentration and my productivity has plumented. i will work till midnight, then go to bed and wake up in the morning. and start again around 10am

8000 words is very good for a chapter, well done you!

and good luck with your deadline for weds, you are doing so well.

i am feeling tired now. i think i might take a quick power nap like 15mins and then do a couple of more hours.

i really want to get the results section of my chapter done tonight.

so far i have explained 1 table and 1 figure. i have 3 more figures to include and explain.

but since its a full first draft. i think some bits that i dont get i will just leave as pending. better i have a draft of all the chapters, then waste time on one tiny section of one chapter.

those aims sound great, good luck for tommorow CeCE

i am now methodically going through chapter by chapter and doing section by section. its much slower though, now that i am doing the final draft, .. but at least i know that bits done and i can move onto the next.

so far, i have done
1145 words.

okay break over..back to work.

feeling tired though, but must carry on until midnight..

Anthro, I like your clearly defined aims :)
and glad to hear that this thread is working. i know what you mean, i also think, oh i better do something, don't want to log on and say, erm yah kinda didnt do anything.

and thats really fantastic that even though you're still doing field work you are making time for writing. great stuff!

it was a great idea! just the extra incentive and motivation i needed. also thanks for the encouragement and support regarding my deadline.

CeCeF, wow sounds like you have a really good first draft of a chapter already! good stuff and good aims aswell! i hope it's going well!!

see you in an hour then, to find out how you got on

okay taking a break.

Hi Rosy! i am so pleased you got the JB book! you're very welcome, I hope it helped and inspired you. i have it with me on my desk all the time.

sounds like you have a really good plan
you're goals are very well thought out and i wish you luck! :)

i wish i had done that when i was doing my research so well done you for thinking ahead!

aww tell me about it chris, procrastination the evil of every phd writer.

how's it going? you still working away?

Thanks Anthropologa

CeceF good luck and most definately you can join in the A gang

Same goes for you rosy!

Gracie - hope things are going okay.

i was beginning to have a panic attack, but just focusing on one section at one time. i'm faced with countless drafts, now i just gotta sift through them all and write my 1st draft all nice and neatly.

good luck guys!

starts egg timer....

i have a new aim. i recieved an email from my graduate tutor today, and that i MUST have a full first draft of my thesis by July 1st!

so the table of contents is going to have to take a back burner, and i gotta start cracking on working on my chapters.

6 chapters. 14 days.

for the rest of the day until midnight.
I will work on chapter 3, and work on the results section based on my earlier drafts.

5 hours left..

good luck everyone, see you tonight!