It was about the spring of 2004 that I began research for my dissertation. But work progressed very slowly, so slowly in fact that by the first of July I had only about 63 pages written. But suddenly I was spurred on and, however, and in the subsequent four months I have almost tripled that total.
Back in early August, after about five weeks of my suddenly frenetic pace, it occurred to me that I had a chance to finish the rough draft by Halloween. That was my goal.
Today is Halloween, and frankly, I have failed to meet that goal. My rough draft manuscript stands at 180 pages (with roughly 20 to go); eight of the ten chapters are written.
In spite of not meeting my goal, I am anything but depressed. Giddy would be a better description. I should be able to wrap up the rough draft by Thanksgiving. If you would have suggested to me that this was possible back at the beginning of July, I would have thought it was too good to be true.
There is something to be said for almost meeting lofty goals.
As of October 31
Written: 180 pages; 8 chapters
To Go: 20 pages; 2 chapters
3 comments:
Good for you Jared. That is good reason to be excited. Does this mean you could be "Dr. Dockery" or, "Doc Dock" for short by next May?
The good Lord willing, yes!
I hope you are Dr. Dockery soon because I have been feeling ill and have this pain...
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