The first step to trying to figure out what you will write about is to think that you can’t decide on what to write about. This step is vital in the development of the desperation that will push you to look outside the box and then notice that the box is the solution. You might cycle through various …show more content…
Panic is the climactic stage of the process. This is the stage where you attempt with futility to brainstorm any original idea. This is the stage of the process where you will even delve into the philosophical aspect of originality. You might say to yourself, “Technically all of the ideas we come up with are products of our reading, learning and experience. Therefore all of the ideas we “come up with” are merely products of others’ ideas (and those are ideas of others’, ad infinitum…). So why not just half-exert myself and write some paper that means nothing to me, has no emotion and is simply for a passing grade?” You will attempt to research internal combustion only to be dissuaded when your mind comes up with the idea of implementing previously discussed ideas such as jet aircraft and your job. So rage you will, against the dying of the light, against the embrace of futility until it makes you implode. This is the moment where you and the shift supervisor will punch each other in the face. Your supe’ will give you a shiner and you might return the favor by leaving him to spit blood out of his mouth for a good minute. You will then visit the gym to take advantage of the natural increase in testosterone and adrenaline provided by the moment, all while reflecting on essay topic possibilities. For a while you will be able to evade your impending essay like a convict avoiding a sentence while on parole, but it will