A few days ago
locutus83

Huge technical report – tips to overcome writers block??

HELP! I have got to compile a massive 50+ page technical report by this weekend (terribly boring!). I have got all data, figures and topics ready, but they are swimming inside my head and I just can’t pen them down on paper in an organized fashion.

Whenever I start to type, after a few pages, it seems wrong and disorganized to me (I am bit of a perfectionist), and I just can’t proceed further. I end up writing nothing substantial. It’s a weird mental block, which doesn’t go away.

(It’s similar to a frustrated poet/author starting to write something, not liking it, and crumpling the page and throwing it away..and repeating this process again and again)

Any tips to help overcome that ‘block’, so that I can pen down my report in a quick, smooth, organized manner?

P.S.- I have other job-related work during the day (really tight schedule), hence I can concentrate and start writing only in the night, for a few hours. (I don’t mind sleeping a bit less if needed)

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A few days ago
blt_4

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I write as if I am explaining things to someone. Maybe if you pretend that your computer is someone you are explaining the information to then it will flow in an easy to understand format. Also, write things in any order and then rearrange them into ways that make sense. Don’t be such a perfectionist on it. Let is all flow out and then put the finishing touches on it after you have it written.
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