{"id":333,"date":"2006-05-13T18:27:55","date_gmt":"2006-05-13T18:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/333"},"modified":"2006-05-13T18:27:55","modified_gmt":"2006-05-13T18:27:55","slug":"why-am-i-unable-to-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/333","title":{"rendered":"Why am I unable to write?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, Planet Informatics<\/a> is quite active these days. Way to go, y’all. Let’s see how long this one can last at the top of the stack…<\/p>\n

For the last week and a half or so, I’ve been writing my Capstone paper, the paper that is meant to sum up a year worth of work in a way that would be acceptable at an academic conference. Now, I’m not totally sure why it has to be conference acceptable, but that’s beside the point. I’ve been completely uninspired in my writing, and so for the moment, at least, I’ve given up. <\/p>\n

Keep in mind, the only thing<\/em> that stands between me and the official completion of my Master’s degree is this paper. 5-10 pages should be no problem. I’ve done it a million times, and this time I actually know what I’m talking about. So why can’t I just write the damn paper? Great question. <\/p>\n

I’ve tried a lot of my old writing tricks: <\/p>\n