Hi

I have been doing my PhD for 5 years now, it was intended to be this long as it was combined with teaching. Although i have been trying to write all along I am now at the phase where all I have left to do is 'write it up' Ideally I need to do this by the summer as my bursary has finished and we have no money. Slogging day after day at the computer, trying to write something worthwhile and thinking i must hurry up seems like an endless, impossible task. But I know from previous experience if you just keep going, you get mini breakthroughs where things come together and you feel like you can go on. As Stressed says I think the secret is to keep writing, even if it feels like rubbish. At least it gives you something to work with, which is better than a blank page. At the moment writing really feels like an act of faith. I think the thing is to just keep plodding on, even when you don't feel like you can do it!