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OMG, I love writing without bothering to cite, writing things like (Lieberman Zombies!) or (CITE THIS) and leaving off the distracting rabbitholes of Google Scholar (or even Wikipedia link-following) until I actually have all my thoughts down. It seems like a straightforward, smart strategy, but I think it's one people develop late because you kind of have to know what you're talking about before you can just write shit, knowing that there's research out there to back it up but not bothering to find the full citations until later.
I usually don't really mind filling in the citations either, but for some reason (perhaps because of its epic nature), the book chapter I'm finishing right now is taking FOREVER to fill in--despite the fact that I've been trying to concatenate all my saved research into one giant research repository.* Apparently I haven't been trying very hard, because I still have PDFs and citations scattered to hell and breakfast on my computer (and, worse, NOT on my computer).
I remember citing-up my quals being really fast, but maybe it only seemed that way in comparison to the grueling task of actually writing them.
(And I've still been enjoying the process until the sixth or so straight hour of it...)
* I'm still looking for an ideal way to store said repository. I'm not happy with my current solution, but it works for the time-bean.
I usually don't really mind filling in the citations either, but for some reason (perhaps because of its epic nature), the book chapter I'm finishing right now is taking FOREVER to fill in--despite the fact that I've been trying to concatenate all my saved research into one giant research repository.* Apparently I haven't been trying very hard, because I still have PDFs and citations scattered to hell and breakfast on my computer (and, worse, NOT on my computer).
I remember citing-up my quals being really fast, but maybe it only seemed that way in comparison to the grueling task of actually writing them.
(And I've still been enjoying the process until the sixth or so straight hour of it...)
* I'm still looking for an ideal way to store said repository. I'm not happy with my current solution, but it works for the time-bean.