To read through it could be a stimulating experience that might serve to provoke interesting ideas. The goal towards which all these activities ultimately lead is that of writing - the chapter, the dissertation, the article, the conference paper, the book. This is the most challenging and the most rewarding aspect of research. Most people find that writing is itself a mode of discovery, a hermeneutic path, a process of exploration that may transform the perspective from which one started. Yet for many others the prospect of sitting down at the word-processor or putting pen to paper is a forbidding one.
Procrastination is a widespread malaise among university staff and students alike.
Some of this may be attributed to a proper and admirable sense of perfectionism and a reluctance to commit even a single word to paper until all the preliminary reading has been completed, all the relevant notes have been taken and all conceivable questions have been answered in advance. On the other hand, there can be little doubt that to get into a habit of not writing, to distance yourself from the therapeutic and invigorating struggle with words, is to increase severely the difficulties which no writer can indefinitely avoid. It is essential to develop a healthy and efficient attitude toward writing. The best way to conquer your inhibitions about writing is to write. Do not wait for the spark from heaven to fall.