Comments on: Seminary Syllabus Strategy #3: A Writing Plan for Every Major Paper

By: Jeremy Lucarelli

Jeremy Lucarelli — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:55:26 +0000

I just finished one of those 25 pagers. Unfortunately, I was reminded the hard way to plan the work and work the plan.

Thanks for your thought provoking posts.

By: Matthew Harding

Matthew Harding — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:36:29 +0000

I just wanted to thank y’all for all of your great posts. They have been very helpful, and have given me some great ideas.

By: Ed Eubanks

Ed Eubanks — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:32:52 +0000

Amen again. Great post.

A wise leader once told me that, “work expands to fill the time allowed it.” What I found about papers– my own and everyone else’s– is that his statement is never more true.

Because of my work schedule during seminary, I HAD to finish a lot of my assignments according to a schedule I planned at the beginning of the semester. This meant that a number of my assignments were completed well before they were due, and it was so tempting to continue to piddle with them, researching more, writing more, editing and re-editing. There were many assignments that I still took most of the night-before-the-due-date to complete.

But every time I followed the advice you give above, my semesters were smoother, less stressful, and I got more full nights of sleep.