Temporini's Just Sittin' and Writin'

Howdy,
As my not-so-interesting title proclaims I've spent these last few weeks just sittin' and writin'. Now, I know y'all have heard me say this before, but I love it. I really do. I could sit and write about the social climate in 1976 Argentina or the undertones of racism and elitism involved in a military takeover for weeks. But unfortunately, I have a lot more to write about and a lot less time than I would like to spend on each topic. So where am I at right now? Well, I have translated all my data and have constructed a simple outline, and I've been writing for about a week, just filling in my outline. Its going pretty well. With all the notes and information that I have (products of long hours of research and expertly conducted interviews) there really isn't a whole lot for me to do. I just have to put all my notes together, add a few literary flourishes once in a while ("variegated and diffuse") and the paragraphs just come together. I like to think of it as like when you're reading a book, you read what the author tells you, but your mind constructs the story. I take all the facts that I have and I use them to construct a story. Its really interesting to see how everything is taking shape, and its just cool to put all my notes together and draw connections and to reread what I've written and try to make sound more professional. It really is just fun. Anyways, that's all I really have for now. I finished one of my sections of my paper and am looking forward to start working on the next one, though I really do need to think about starting to limit the scope of my product.

Goodbye for now,
Agustin