Day 1: Getting Started

My general goal for today is to write a portion of my Introduction or Chapter 5. I like a lot of flexibility in my writing process, and I don't particularly enjoy working on one thing for a long time. I will update below after the writing session with my thoughts on the challenges and enjoyable moments of Day 1 of the camp. 

Update:

It was a rather productive session! I exceeded my own expectations of how things would go today. I think it was particularly exciting because I was working with ancient authors' texts. It was amusing to discuss what they had to say about their lives, which made the writing process much easier. At the end, I ended up spending all my time on the Introduction, and I'm quite happy with where I'm at. 

In terms of time, I'm used to working in two, two-hour chunks per day, so going up to three hours in one sitting tired me out a bit. I think, for the upcoming sessions, I will try to do heavy writing in the first two and a half hours and light editing (or other dissertation work) for the remaining time.