Ideas on page

“As far as approaching the paper more generally, I’ve benefited from not starting with the introduction, but rather starting with writing out whatever arguments you’re going to make—your storyline. For me, it has always been helpful to just start writing. Writing is so hard, you have all these ideas, especially if you have a decent idea of what you’re going to write. Are you reading a lot of literature instead of trying to create a perfect outline of everything you’re going to do? It can be helpful to just start writing about the topic, just getting your ideas on the page because often-times you don’t know what arguments are going to work.”

(Matt Farmer)