Hi everyone!
An introduction: I’m a graduate student (and a knitter and spinner, which is how I found my way here!). Although I do write other stuff, my primary project right now is scholarly non-fiction. I’ve been lurching through a dissertation for a few months now*, trying to stay focused on the process so I don’t lose my mind thinking about the deadline. My goal is to write 500 words a day (with one day off). Writing everyday produces a rhythm that I like–it creates writing as a daily habit, something as necessary as sleeping or breathing. It also reminds me that I actually like doing it, which is easy to forget when I procrastinate and (inevitably) let the anxiety seep in.
I love this! It feels like friendly accountability. I’m happy to be here.
Margaux
*My dissertation is on queer femininity and intimacy in French and American modernist travel writing (I don’t yet have a smart 3-sentence summary). Sometimes I also write here (really, really erratically).
sounds like a great topic!!
good luck and have fun with the process
I love your description of your dissertation! haha. It almost makes me look forward to the day I have to write my own dissertation.. almost!
Good luck!
I’m another one that thought your dissertation topic sounds like fun. Good luck with it! You’ll have lots of us here cheering you on.
I’m also working on my terminal work [master's thesis for me!] I totally understand the lurching, I’ve been doing it for awhile myself!