Often, I have students who struggle getting started writing. Whether it’s a research article, an abstract, or their dissertation proposal, they just can’t get started. Some of it might be procrastination – the feeling that it will be easier when there is some time pressure. (And no, you don’t do your best work under pressure; rather, you just do work.) But I think a lot of it comes down to fear. Fear comes from a lot of places. The fear that what you write won’t be good. The
