hmpf | Here's a plan:

I'll try to keep writing, at a rate of about a page per day, for four more weeks. If, in four weeks, the result still does not look like it will turn into a proper thesis, I will reapply with a new topic in December (perhaps the Marcuse one that was suggested to me by another prof about a year ago; or something about utopias/dystopias, as I've - incidentally - read a lot about those when I was searching for theory stuff I could use for my thesis).

(I went and talked to some profs and a fellow student today; will see my advisor on Thursday - she wasn't there today - and will probably go to see a psych. counselor tomorrow, to try to figure out if I'm mainly having a 'technical' problem here or if it's more of a psychological issue. Either way, I may still have to abort the project, because three months is barely enough time to write a proper thesis, even under perfect conditions.)

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

it will be because of the topic, not because of any intellectual shortcomings of mine. I mean, yes, I *chose* the topic, so in a way, it *is* my 'fault'... but I just had a prof confirm to me today that yes, it happens to the best of us: you *can* misjudge a topic, and yes, sometimes it *may* be best to call it quits when you can see you're not getting anywhere, and start something new.

Well, I'm giving it a few more weeks... because dammit, I *am* interested in the topic I chose. Grrr, arrgh.

(I can see myself writing a very short - 20 pages or so - essay about it, *or* a full-blown Ph.D. Nothing in between. That's the problem.)

Here's a plan:

Oh, if this thesis fails...