3 hours in an I am exactly half way through the document I am working on today. I'm going to break for the gym, and then aim to have the whole document done by 3.30-4pm.

Good luck Batfink and Teek! Sounds like everyone is feeling the pressure at the moment...

My goals for today are to get to final draft stage of half of my methods chapter, mark 6-9 papers and go to the gym (didn't make it yesterday).

How was the award event Batfink?

Today my goals are:

Finish tidying up one major section of literature.
Attend meeting with research group.
Attend departmental seminar.
Mark 6-9 papers.
Gym.

I have now finished all of my writing. This means one major section is now ticked off. I may add some bits if I have time but I am happy to send this as a draft tp my sup if not.

My next goal is to mark 9 papers.

I have redrafted my first literature section. It took me half an hour longer than I'd hoped, as I am aiming to get my writing done in 6-7 hours. BUT I am finally happy with it now.

On to the next section...

This week is going to be a week of long days. I have a deadline with my supervisor next week as well as 50 pieces of coursework to mark on top of that. I thought I'd get a lot longer for the marking!

So my goals are to redraft and tidy up 3 literature sections and then to mark at least 9 papers.

Afternoon!

I know what you mean about the deadlines. I have a deadline with my supervisor next Thursday and just picked up a huge pile of marking, which is also to be returned to students next Thursday. I wanted to make a dent in it today but I haven't been given the marking scheme yet, very annoying.

My goal for this afternoon is to redraft 2 sections of literature.

Sometimes these things can't be helped, you did really well to try as hard as you did.

I have just about scraped 400 words, but I feel like I'm not really 'getting' it and understanding things properly. I'm going to have a gym break and then have another go at writing another 200 words or so.

How has it gone Batfink? Hopefully you're in bed after having finished by now...

I am taking tomorrow and the whole weekend off because it's my birthday on Saturday and I'm going away tonight. Yay. So I want a good chunk done so I can feel good about things. My first goal is to write 400 words on the section of doom.

I have written my covering letter and sorted everything out and have realised that the article now needs to be cut down by about 900 words. Gah! This is what I'll do for the rest of the day.

Delta has good advice there with establishing a steady pace.

I would say to get into the habit of writing regularly. Keeping good, structured notes on your reading will help you later and writing gets easier the more you do it, which will help a lot when you come to writing up.

First goal is done. This section is doing my head in though so I am going to move on and write the covering letter for my paper resubmission and email it to the editor.

Morning all. Good luck Batfink, hopefully you can have a good break tomorrow and/or Friday. Sounds like you will deserve it.

My goal for the morning is to tackle a new section of literature. I am aiming for 400-500 words by lunch time.

Section finished. This section was relatively simple and more or less plain sailing but tomorrow I am starting on a bit which I have been dreading. My goal for the rest of the afternoon is to re-read a couple of papers and make notes so I can begin the writing tomorrow.

I hope you're plodding on OK Batfink. It's great being in charge of your own workload but sucks because its not like we can just phone in sick and pass the buck!

My goal for the rest of the day is to finish the section I'm writing.