Had a good meeting today with my PSU advisor. I think I finally have a working concept outline, so that I can begin doing some of the actual writing on my thesis (120-ish page book). My working title is "Growing Up with the Boy Scouts" - the 5 years from 1989-1994 when I was assistant scoutmaster, went to college and got my degree, and divorced Joe/married Mark.
Near the end of our meeting, my advisor told me to think of someone I was writing it to - someone who loves me and wants to read what I write, even though I won't be ready to show my writing to anyone for some time. It just helps to have a reader in mind. He said it can even be someone no longer living.
I thought about it for a while, and I think Grandma Polly is my reader. She wouldn't judge me, and I am certain that she takes a friendly and loving interest in everything that happens in our family.
I started writing tonight, and when I got stuck, I just told myself to write it for Grandma Polly. That helped! I cranked out 4 pages / 1100 words in just under an hour and a half. Of course, this is still all very rough draft, but it helps to feel like I've begun. I know from previous writing projects that to get to 120-ish finished pages, I'll be writing 300-400 pages of draft, so I'm committed to writing for at least 1 hour every day until I begin meeting with my advisor again in September. It's just about 100 days until I meet with him again.
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