Diary of a qualifying paper

It’s 5:30 and I’ve been thinking about this stuff for most of the day. It seems jumbled up in my brain so much that I can’t get it out into what I want to say. I know it’s in there, but when my brain is done, it’s done. No more work right now, it says. I don’t know how people can pull all-nighters. I do have to say that it’s exciting to have thought of a way to link the literature together, but at the same time when I think about putting it all into words I fall flat on my face. It’s important and will be the crux of my paper, but what is it about putting ideas into words that makes them so much less exciting?

Today's Grad Gravy: Dump words onto the page and surprise yourself.