I feel ashamed to post this here, but as I am at the end of my tether I thought I would. I am in the last few months of my PhD and due to personal circumstances - death of close relative, break-up and a severe bout of depression lasting months but ALSO due to incredible procrastination, I have managed to write pretty much *nothing* the entire time I have been enrolled on the course. I also had to change supervisor/topic half way in, though ultimately despite all of this I SHOULD have been able to do lots of work by now. And of course mind-numbing long-term writers' block. Who am I kidding. Ultimately these are excuses.

I am sorry for the belly ache. My supervisor is returning from a conference in six weeks and would very much like to *finally* see some work, although she has more than likely lost all trust in me to be able to do this at all (I have avoided her for many, many, many months). I would dearly like to regain her trust, and the only hope I have in doing this now is to submit a good chunk of work. 10 or 20,000 words?? ugh

I just wonder if any of you have any writing-up-from-scratch miracle stories? Writing/researching in *impossibly* short spans of time. I.e. 1000 words a day - is totally doable (gulp).

Thank you so much!!! I would so love to get back on the horse after all of these (incredibly depressing) years of inertia. I know the moment words start being written, the anxiety, depression which has hung over me like a cloud for years now, will finally begin to lift.

x