I am forbidden from directly working on my project proposal until after the holidays are up. Ann told me that I’m going to burn out soon, and we don’t need me throwing my laptop over the ledge here in my living area. Not good. So I’m backing off of it, but it’s going to get done soon after the New Year. I swear it.
Archive for December, 2007
Methodology & Me
I am absolutely and completely frightened of the Methodology section of my project proposal. I’ve worked on it a little, but Ann says it needs to be really detailed. What if I’m not even sure what I’m going to do to get to answer my question? What if I’ve skipped over revising and adding to this section the whole revision process and now am stuck doing it because I’m done with everything else?
Yeah. It’s going to be a long night.
Fightin’ the ?
I feel like I’m fighting against my question–not working with it. I think I might have to change it to fit what I’m finding and am most interested in. I don’t want to give in, but I also don’t want to be fighting with myself the whole time. That would lead to a very long research process indeed.
Self-Doubt Knocking at My Door
As I’m getting toward the actual work on the project, I’m starting to question myself. Am I ready for such an undertaking?
I know it’s only three credits, but it seems to be so much more than that. This is big. Really big. Bigger than anything I’ve done before.
I guess when it comes down to it, I wonder if I know enough to really write definitively about this subject. I have some experience from an internship this summer, a little work on it in a class last year, and a keen interest in children’s nonfiction publishing, but the vast majority of what I know I’ve read. What if I haven’t read enough? Eek! What frightening thought.
Ann says all researchers have self-doubt, especially when they’re writing about a subject they’re somewhat new to but are still fascinated with. I guess I’ll just have to see where this whole process takes me.
Oh, and I’ll be posting more now that I’ve got some of my work (somewhat) under control.
