The Dissertation Fear & How To Conquer It
I experienced something that I refer to as 'The Dissertation Fear'. Fear of putting pen to paper and actually writing the first draft. It took me months to overcome this fear, and I put it off by doing endless amounts of research - as well as everything else under the sun that meant I couldn't possibly start writing. I overcame this fear by realising that it was only a draft. It wasn't the be-all and end-all. If it's crap, I can redraft and redraft and redraft until it's near enough 'perfect'. In order for this process to work however you need to leave yourself plenty of time to correct and re-edit.