Intro is DONE and now onto the discussion!!!!!

Well, I impressed myself.  21 pages of intro and could have written more.  Should I have…probably not.  I did not even try to fuse the topics of adipose tissue and epigenetics and instead I’ll let them stand on their own.  I think in the end I have about 170ish references just in the intro.  When I fuse that with the 4 middle chapters and discussion I should get over that 300 mark easy.

What I am most happy about is how I just was getting into a groove.  Writing was coming easy, which the first draft should.  Of course I wrote all of it without spending some serious proofing time and I’m sure when I come back to it in a couple of days that some major changes will take place. I think the overall flow, concepts introduced, and depth into the literature should be solid and with some proofing will actually be entertaining.

Today, in one day, I pretty much cranked out my discussion for chapter 5.  Instead of 1.5 pages/day I seem to be able to move it up to 3 pages/day if I really have a handle on the flow of ideas before I actually start writing.  It is almost easier to write what you know, put in a few % this or transcription factor X,  and then go back for the references and details.

As I turn to the discussion my major goal is to speculate and try to tie adipose tissue metabolism and skeletal muscle epigenetics together.  Well at least one of my goals is to speculate.

Onto the Intro

Well I am not quite done with Chapter 5 yet, but oh well, I need to get started on the intro.  Hopefully I can work on both of these at the same time.  Today I have been organizing so that I can really write this intro as efficiently as possible.  One interesting thing of note is that I see intros ranging in length from 12 to 35 pages.  My goal is to keep it on the 12 side of things.  The plan of attack is to write in a wordy fashion and cut and slash to a tight 15 pages.  Ready, set, go…