Focus Pocus

Agh.

I am so stuck.

I’m supposed to be putting together the framework for a policy paper. Loosely described, the typical writing process works something like this – Idea. Collect. Focus. Draft. Clarify.

At least, this is the way it is supposed to happen. Not this time.

The “idea” was assigned to me. The collection went fine – there’s no shortage of prior work in this area. Its the focus that’s killing me. I’m terribly stuck on this particular paper. I know darn well that the thesis lies in the area of common sense. I mean, because there’s been so much written in this area, all I need to do is pick through it and record the common sense elements in a coherent manner. It also means that I’ll be mostly working with other peoples ideas – terribly uninspiring.

I’ll let you know how it goes.