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[–] Wizard_Pope 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh god I have been doing this for 2 years at uni and am failing so bad.

[–] Alteon 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If it's a paper asking your opinion or ideas on something, then I used buy a 6-pack of beer, sit down to write paper with some good music on, and just drunk write for about 3 hours. You'll suprisingly write like 17 pages of bullshit and ramblings, but after you sober up, you can typically condense it down to about a solid 3 or so pages of legitimately good ideas to build off of. I used to love writing papers as I essentially made an event out of it.

Once I figured out my groove, I stopped the drinking and discovered that isolation was always key for me. I had to find a space without distractions. Our school library had a floor with hidden tables, rooms, and a rule that no talking was allowed. It was dead silent there....it was fantastic.

[–] Wizard_Pope 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not really writing any papers sadly. Not yet anyway. And even when I do there is no place for opinion in physics sadly.

[–] Alteon 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh. Yeah, you'll need to learn to write. Like a lot. lol

I'm in engineering. We write a LOT of reports, technical records, and documentation. If I did what I did back in highschool and early college. I'd have been fired years ago. And I guarantee you we write much less than you guys.

Good luck figuring it out!

[–] Wizard_Pope 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but reports cannot really be written in the way you first described.

[–] Alteon 1 points 7 months ago

Nope, they cannot. Lol

100% agreed.