Sub Rosa

Right now, OP - I totally agree with you.

Once upon a time, back in the time when the final BA year was probably half a decade ago, a 2,500 word essay would take about six days to write and less than a couple of days to turn round.  Now it takes nigh on a damn fortnight and trying to find the magical ten resources has been challenging (a problem if you have used a fair few citations from one essay - not so bad if you are directly quoting from the resources they have used).

I am not the only one caught up in pondering and making an idea stretch into an essay.  When asking 'What are the targets of Swifts 'A Modest Proposal'? I answered 'the English colonization of Ireland.'  That's great - 5 words down, 2,495 to go, but at least I have stretched it to the full word count.  Unlike a fellow classmate, who on being asked 'Irony works in satire, do you agree?' answered 'Yes I do' but has only got as far as 1,200 to argue that point.

I am looking for a couple more quotes from books, then I will complete the biblio, proofread and hit send.  Then rest a while to ponder the rest of the dissertation and the last of the satire essays.

I am pleased to say that I am a * lot * further down the line, my end of day count being 2,337, but from page 5-9 needs extensive rewriting (or at least, writing from another angle - long story, but it is important that I question the status quo and proffer a different light).

Tomorrow briefly, i will search for essays as the library at Plymouth has been devoid of actual Swift books - some one has denuded the lot and I am left with a couple that I managed to get on the hop from Amazon.  This is the penalty you pay for being a distance learner - the books are whipped before you get a look in :-/

I'm not having a bad day, but I am prevaricating.  I would say I was far crabbier yesterday when family were out having a Crap Donald's burger - I personally don't like burgers, but really wanted to go out and see people.  Managed 600+ words yesterday, but as I have had family over and as it's just after half three in the afternoon, I have kinda lost momentum.  I wrote an additional 200 word planner on my Android about one this morning, but need to get on with it.

* meh *

21:24
All in all, not a bad day.  With extra notes added, blended and edited, I have managed to write about a quarter of it, with the detailed plan lodged underneath, with notes for links etc.  Time for me to sign off and watch rubbish TV