I'd forgotten what it was like to write a term paper. Agonising over what topic to write on, trying to find a focus for the chosen topic, plowing through tons of library books and online journals, picking out the seemingly relevant information, compiling the information. When it seems that the information is sufficient (or that I'm sick and tired of reading articles), it's time to agonise over writing the introduction cum thesis. Realising that it's difficult to concentrate solely on what I'd wanted to do because of the lack of correlating information. Then begins the task of trying to find a focus that fits the information at hand. Reworking the introduction several times. Finally, after days, a workable thesis!
The thesis is key, really. When that gets done, everything more or less falls into place. So after a few hours of racking my brains, trying to make everything sound just right, I'm about one-third done with my paper. Was I aiming to complete half of it tonight? I don't know. Considering that it's 3am now, I'd better let it be and go to bed if I want to wake up in time for my morning class (and not be a zombie).
(or rather, later today.)