Writing Log Introduction

Today I wrote for 90 minutes.

I spent the time revising the introduction to my paper on the adaptive reuse of SQL queries. Earlier today I attended a workshop on scholarly writing and the presenter (Dr. Tara Gray) discussed the importance of identifying the "Key Sentence" of each paragraph. The Key sentence is the sentence that encapsulates the idea of the paragraph. Although the key sentence may lead the paragraph, it need not, but usually comes in the first two or three sentences. It was interesting to me to see how my introduction changed as I thought of the document in these terms. I identified some redundancy that I had as well as realized that there was at least one main point that should be in the introduction that was not.

I'm convinced that if I can manage the discipline to spend 15 to 30 minutes per day actually writing (in addition to other research activities) that I will be much more productive than I otherwise would be.

Who knows, perhaps if I can get disciplined here, I'll be able to tackle diet and exercise...