It's the information gathering I enjoy the most. It begins when I'm in a car driving down Preston Rd. I don't start research papers with a particularly predefined notion of where I want to go, just a general idea of the topic. I find all my sources first. I begin to write.
Writing is a release.
Writing the next sentence is the hard part. Looking at what I have written, I feel my idea is too small. There is no rhyme or reason to my thoughts. Often the title is the last thing I write, and sometimes the most difficult. I always find interruptions during this process to be absolutely jarring.