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this is a place to freak out about how behind you are on your note. our 40-page rough draft is due in a week, and i have done very little. it seems overwhelming, and i can't seem to break it into smaller steps. anyone else feeling like they might not finish???

72 hours to completely re-write mine! Fuck it. This thing won't be published so I don't give a fuck anymore.

Geist13 wrote:72 hours to completely re-write mine! Fuck it. This thing won't be published so I don't give a fuck anymore.

This.

ugh i haven't even gotten to that stage yet...

somewhatwayward wrote:ugh i haven't even gotten to that stage yet...

I'm not sure that you should be striving for or looking forward to the complete re-write stage.

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true but i would be closer to being done then

Question: how little work on your note is allowed before it becomes a problem? How bad are these things allowed to be? My revised plan is to put in as little work as possible without it having major adverse affects (like, for example, on the likelihood that I could land a board position, which at this point in the year I consider decent, but not great).

How do you guys know you need a complete re-write? Was this something your editor advised?

eliekedourie wrote:How do you guys know you need a complete re-write? Was this something your editor advised?

They did not ask for a re-write, but the comments were such that they can only be complied with by basically re-doing the whole thing. I'm also being a little dramatic because I don't want to do it anymore.

I'm using my note to troll my professor. Each draft has a different, commonly used word purposely misspelled throughout. Coupled with intentional incorrect bluebook citations - again, different for each draft.

Always Credited wrote:I'm using my note to troll my professor. Each draft has a different, commonly used word purposely misspelled throughout. Coupled with intentional incorrect bluebook citations - again, different for each draft.

Your professors actually read drafts?

ugh, still don't know what i'm doing...FML....what happens if your draft isn't done? i guess you guys can't answer....better talk to journal peeps

turned in final draft of my Note on tuesday. there's an optional (if you didn't "fail") "resubmission deadline" in a month, but i'm very much hoping that i won't be playing that game.

so it's due in T-16 hours....thank god

one thing i am wondering about is, how much is the writing style in a note supposed to be like the legal writing we learned in LRW versus like social science papers we wrote in college....mine is definitely erring toward the latter

2nd draft due tomorrow. just got around to reading the comments from the first draft this morning. lolololol.

i actually really like my topic, but i despise in general this academic, head-scratching writing. i would much, much rather write a brief or memo.

somewhatwayward wrote:one thing i am wondering about is, how much is the writing style in a note supposed to be like the legal writing we learned in LRW versus like social science papers we wrote in college....mine is definitely erring toward the latter

anyone know?

i guess in some ways it doesn't matter bc i'm going forward with what i have anyway.

well i guess all the stress ended up being worth it bc mine is getting published. i have a feeling that is just going to mean a lot more stress in the future though...

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