So as I was writing it, I came to the point where I had to sort of describe briefly my dissertation topic, and where it is heading towards. As I was describing it, suddenly, the things I was pondering about, the multiple theories I am pitting against, the hypotheses that I was testing, all those stuff, they became clear to me. I felt like my writer's block for the past couple of weeks got dislodged, and I got unstuck from my stagnant location.
I suppose given the fact that I had to explain what I was doing to someone who may not have a clue or the necessary background knowledge, so I had to explain it to the level of a common man. I suppose since I had to assume that the person who will be reading this has no knowledge whatsoever of the assumptions that I am making, I had to start from the beginning, explaining basically from Square 1. And that process helped.
Anyway, so yeah. I am finishing this up, and waiting for the recommendation letters from two professors. Hopefully, something good comes out of this.
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I perfectly understand! Sometimes you just have to bounce ideas on someone (even if the someone is just an imaginary interlocutor, like in a letter) to see more clearly.
ReplyDeleteGood for you!
Zhu,
ReplyDeleteYes. Sometimes, one just has to have a reason, no matter how trivial it is, to verbalize ideas, and things get clearer.