Me too. I once started a major paper 24 hours before it was due. I got a good grade on it, but the professor did ask why I had focused on 19th century sources. Why? Because I could check them out.
Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 38: Well, This Is Just...Neat.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Ginger - Dec 05, 2007 7:18:25 am PST #7205 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Jars - Dec 05, 2007 7:19:39 am PST #7206 of 10002
I think the only paper I ever started more than two days in advance was my Master's dissertation. I think six thousand words in eight hours was my record.
Stephanie - Dec 05, 2007 7:20:45 am PST #7207 of 10002
Trust my rage
I've been waking up in the night all stressed about this paper, even though I've been steadily working on it for weeks.
This is so me. I almost always finished everything at least 3-4 days ahead of time, but still stressed about it.
sj, not being able to brethe would make me really anxious too. What a morning! Glad you made it to your mom's, though.
Vortex - Dec 05, 2007 7:26:01 am PST #7208 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Every time, I would do the research, mark passages, perhaps even a rough outline ahead of time. I would swear that I would not be up all night the night before. Sometimes, I'd even get 5 or 6 pages written. And then, the night before, I'd be writing the damn thing until 6AM.
Emily - Dec 05, 2007 7:27:12 am PST #7209 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
La Vortex, c'est moi.
Susan W. - Dec 05, 2007 7:27:52 am PST #7210 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Neither one has even started writing yet! It's due in one week!
yeah, that would have been me.
Me too. I never had to write a 20-page paper in college, but I regularly wrote 10 page papers the night before they were due, sitting at the computer with a pile of sources all around me. With 20 pages, I'd probably give myself the weekend.
Of course, that was before I had a full-time job and a child. When I'm in draft mode with my fiction, I shoot for 20-25 pages per week, which means four pages per day, at least five days per week. Under pressure, like when my agent made me rewrite the ending of my last manuscript before she'd submit it to editors, I can push to 40-50 pages per week, but that involves making a deal with DH that he'll handle my share of childcare and housework for the duration.
vw bug - Dec 05, 2007 7:31:39 am PST #7211 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
Every time, I would do the research, mark passages, perhaps even a rough outline ahead of time. I would swear that I would not be up all night the night before. Sometimes, I'd even get 5 or 6 pages written. And then, the night before, I'd be writing the damn thing until 6AM.
Sadly, this will probably be me this semester. I have three 15 page papers to write before the end of the semester. YAY! The research is done...outlines are written...now I just have to write the damn things.
sj - Dec 05, 2007 7:33:11 am PST #7212 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I don't think I have ever started writing a paper more than two days before it was due.
Ginger - Dec 05, 2007 7:34:43 am PST #7213 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I regularly wrote 10-page papers the night before they were due on a manual typewriter. Then I turned them in during snowstorms. It was uphill both ways.
Pix - Dec 05, 2007 7:34:53 am PST #7214 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
I have SO much more to say, but since I only have a second right now:
SNOW DAY!!!
One of the perks of teaching,...in places where it snows.
Not complaining AT ALL about the weather in LA, but I do miss snow days.