Essay

[akselwestlund]

Today is an auspicious day. It marks the official start of the process of writing my final dissertation. Yes, after a mer 2 1/2 months of procrastination, I put pen to paper (allright, finger to keyboard) and started writing. I now have 1200 words on "the Critical Reception of Duke Ellington's Re-orchestrations of Edward Grieg's Peer Gynts Suite

Comments

[45hasle]

You know; diligence pays off in the long run, but procrastination pays off right now...
Cutting a paper is seldom easy, so good luck.

[akselwestlund]

Don't I know it. Procrastination is the devil.

[45hasle]

Nah. Short term gains are always nice, and you can usually procrastinate paying the debts they cause you to incur...
Admittedly this is a way of thinking that will leave the world a smoking wasteland within a few centuries, but I'm confident I won't live to see it, so no worries there.

[good1zrtaken]

are you going to post it when it's complete?

[akselwestlund]

I will, sure. I might also post the finished article, but it will be long.

[good1zrtaken]

i'll look forward to it. sounds really interesting.

[sortkatt]

I've always liked writing too much and then cut away. It gives me the (probably wrong) feeling that what i leave in is the condensed awesomeness of my genius. Does consume more time, though. And it's not fun to kill your babies.

[akselwestlund]

That's how I like to work as well.

[mirazandar]

*does the writeing cheerleader act*

[akselwestlund]

Why thank you, lovely lady.