Essay finish
Spent the better part of today going through my essay text to try and improve my writing & spot typo’s and suchlike. To do so I printed the text, it being much easier to spot mistakes on paper than on the screen. Then hid myself away in a corner and started reading and correcting.
First impression: Nothing much wrong with my essay – interesting, even.
Second impression: At the moment I am still so close to my own writing that I can only spot the little holes – sentences that do not flow, spelling errors, alinea’s to be re-arranged. I’m unable to see if there are any big holes – any subjects that I should have written about but didn’t. I tried to find them, to see if there are things that may be lacking to the fabric of my argument – and found I cannot do this mental exercise right now. So strange! I may just have worked too hard.
So I will let the essay alone for a couple of weeks. Due date is 16th of august, and I’m taking a 3-week holiday inbetween. Much needed rest – then just before the 16th I’ll look at it again.
Photographed the books and articles I read during my research. A lot! They will now move to my bookcase in the hall, another try to clear my mind (and my workspace).