ThePhdMom

"Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive."

Ok...

So here you will find out how I am doing with my writing process. Sometimes I will have a lot to report, other days I will just ramble. Hopefully most of it will be productive! If these postings are not coherent, it is because I am taking some advice found in Joan Bolker's Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day. One of her first suggestions on getting started writing is; "When you sit down to begin a peice of writing, your first aim ought to be to make a mess-to say anything that comes to your mind, on the subject or off it, not to worry at all about whether your stuff is connected logically, to play with your subject the way you used to build mud pies, to do no fine detail work, to spell poorly if that's your natural inclination, and to generally forget about standards altogether. The idea behind this suggestion (which is similar to chaos theory) is that "you will be able to produce stronger, more imaginative writing that you'll feel proud to own." Will this work? It doesn't hurt to try....so here goes!

Thephdmom