Writing has completely stalled over the past few weeks even though the data is there. Every time I sit down to draft, it just doesn’t move. How do you get unstuck when it’s not a data problem anymore?

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Starting the story on a blank piece of paper is difficult or even impossible. For me, the solution was to back to my O-level English language lessons at school. One of the exam questions was always a 450-word essay on a given topic. The key was to start with an essay-plan. Now, when I have to write anything, I start with a bullet-point plan before going into any detail. Just starting with headings such as Abstract, Introduction, Experimental Techniques, Results, Conclusions, etc. gets the ball rolling. Then fill-in with sub-bullets, and even sub-sub-bullets, until everything you need to say is down on paper. Then turn bullets into paragraphs. The start of the first-draft of my thesis was a rambling narrative but, when I was lucky enough to have a computer corrupt all my files and backups (!), I started again with a structured plan. That made the whole job far easier and manageable, and resulted in a coherent account of my research.

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