I decided today that my first chapter isn't preliminary enough. I've added a prolegomenon. I suspect I am being self-indulgent. I also think that I might need meta-chapters, something like little mezzanines or little steps between ideas. This probably will not happen - it doesn't seem very dissertation-like - but it is how I feel right now, at 8:35 pm, after sitting at the computer since noon.
Back to work!
18 hours ago
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8 hours of writing!!?!
damn, girl [he says w/ envy]!!
There was a lot of staring at the screen and intermittent pacing involved, too.
I frequently pace (sometimes very rapidly) between bursts of writing. I need the movement. I also fidget like crazy and chew bubble gum when I write to help me focus. I'll be tapping my heel faster than I type. It's totally about the ADD. I can take adderall to slow me down, but I don't feel like I make connections as well when I do that. I've learned how to manipulate when I take it and how much (within the doctor's guidelines, of course) in accordance with what I want/need to do.
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