I'm going to die a papery death

[theyellowhobbit]

2.5 pages. That's it. That's all I have to write. But the catch is that I have to write it. And soon, if I want it proofread/if I want sleep. I think I chose a topic that is too large for 2.5 pages.

I'm writing about whether or not we can know the true intent behind Paul's letters, how we would go about doing this, whether or not we should even be trying to get at the "true" meaning (since it risks reifying specific interpretations at the expense of others) and can we interpret the text to say what we want it to say. All these are among other things.

Keep in mind I also somehow have to use a passage from a Pauline letter from the list of passages we can choose, and quote at least one scholar on a list of scholars. I have the scholar and the passages, I think. But really, this should be a 10 page paper.

And I'm afraid that I have so many ideas that I'm not going to be able to talk about any of them in depth, and I'll get a billion points off for that.

Comments

[platypuses.livejournal.com]

Me too, except I'm writing a 10-page paper about how language influences thought. My papery death is therefore somewhat different. Why don't you just narrow it down, choosing topics from among the list you gave and the "others" they're among? Narrowing is tough, but writing condensed gibberish seems tougher.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

Because I need to answer a specific question of the methodological issue of approaching Paul's intention and subjectivity, and I feel like all my points are neccessary. Maybe they aren't. That's why I have an editor. :)

[awful-dynne.livejournal.com]

Is it possible to get all your points across in less words? My lab tutor told us in regards to our papers at the beginning of the year which were half page papers(enforced by the next half page needed to be on the second half of the first half page, so whatever space you leave yourself is what you get for your next paper) that we had to choose our words carefully and make every word count. Is that an idea you can use? I guess it is probably a moot point by now, seeing as it is nearly ten in the morning so probably your paper is done by now.