Sage advice from a new Doctor

"Someone once asked a poet who was famous for writing a poem every day how he managed it. He replied, "I lower my standards." You just have to stop worrying that it's not going to be good. It doesn't have to be good. It just has to begin taking shape. You will edit and fuss with it later, and once you get into the groove, it will be easier and faster. "

Socratic Buddha on deconstructing the writing process, and reflecting on the feelings evoked by genuine friends.

The block...

So the task of tackling the big D has finally arrived, a whole lot of reading has been done thus far which is good, however, not a whole lot of writing, save for some random sentences and tangential comments here and there on scraps of indifferent pieces of paper.

Dealing with writer's block is not fun, especially when a deadline is looming. In order to deal with this I will set the goal of: A) joining a dissertation writing group (in progress); B) keep with my reading schedule (so far so good); and C) frequent this blog more often and just write... flow style, need to get my writing groove back.

I remember when I used to enjoy writing and actually looked forward to the times where I could just sit down and, well write...don't know where that went. Maybe grad school killed it...

Socratic Buddha on trying to deconstruct writer's block...