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[rynne]

Gah. I really don't want to write my Lit and Gender paper. It doesn't have a point yet. I'm trying to compare these two books because they have some similarities I want to talk about but I don't have a "so what?". So what if these similarities exist? What am I supposed to do with them? I need a way to tie them together, some reason why it's important to look at both of them.

Gah. Sometimes I don't want to be an English major. Yesterday I was all pleased with myself for the paper I finished, but now I have to focus on the next paper and I just don't want to. I have to write at least 10 pages of a paper that does not yet have a point!

*sigh* Normally I quite like being an English major, and I'll get over this annoyance when I do have a point and am writing the paper. But if I can't think of something tonight, since I do want to stay on track with my schedule, I'll just doing the separate analyses of evidence and figure out how to synthesize them later.

In news not relating to that particular paper...why do I write such ridiculously long sentences? *facepalm* I got some feedback back from my professor on my research paper, and all of it's stuff I can fix easily enough so I'm not worried. But he also commented on my long sentences and how easy it is to get lost in all the clauses, as most people who read my papers do. And it's just...gah! People have been commenting on this exact issue for years! WHY AM I STILL DOING IT?

I suck. Hopefully I get over it soon. XD

Comments

[heart-of-man.livejournal.com]

What books are you comparing? Obviously you'll kick butt on the papers, but I hope they get fun to write soon. :) Oh, and I hear you on long sentences - my problem has always been long paragraphs, and it took me forever to start to get them shorter.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Rolling the R's by R. Zamora Linmark, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. Both of those books are absolutely loaded with allusions and I want to talk about that, but I'm having difficulty relating the allusions to each other, or whatever else I can do. *sigh*

*hugs*

[shaela]

Hang in there. I hope things get better soon.

Re: *hugs*

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks. *hugs back* No worries, though--this isn't a big deal. I just wanted to rant a bit. This is hardly the first time I've had difficulty with a concrete topic for a lit paper, and I know eventually I'll figure something out.

[avoria.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Whatever you do, you'll be fine at it.

I know how it feels to dodge work though. I should be preparing for an exam on Tuesday and a 1,000 word assignment for Monday. Have I done anything towards either of them? Have I heck :P

Ah, student life ♥

[rynne.livejournal.com]

*hugs back* Isn't school just the best thing ever? XD

I've got some vague ideas now. I'm just not sure whether I should focus on those ideas, or do something else and let the ideas come on their own. Letting ideas come is something that's actually worked well for me in the past, but I'm not sure if I'm just trying to justify procrastinating. :p