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Engage hyperfocus. Get so far in the zone you forget the rest of the world exists

Moral support tea on the desk beside you

If you can - write to music. Helps get into the zone and makes you forget about time and word count. I like finding soundtracks with big battle songs bc then it makes me feel like a BAMF

Don't worry about grammar or word count at first!! Let your thoughts explode out first and then wrangle them into order after it's all written

Keep your tabs open until your chapter is done! Also keep any books to hand with the relevant pages marked clearly!! You never know when you'll need to come back to a reference.

Struggling to focus? Read over existing notes/what you've already written and it helps focus. Also use the "read a reference for 5 mins" trick bc sometimes those 5 mins are all you need to get invested in the work

Go for a walk!! If you get snagged and can't figure out what to do next and it's starting to be frustrating, put it aside and put it out of your head and go for a walk. You'll come back refreshed and calmer and sometimes your brain will connect the dots while you're not even focusing on the problem directly. If you're feeling sleepy the walk will also help wake you up a bit!!

Use the external pressure of a looming deadline to encourage frantic thoughts and fast fingers

Cry

Talk to someone/yourself out loud about your topic. Sometimes just talking makes all the words come together

Also I feel obligated to say - I absolutely do not recommend writing a thesis in only 5 days

i love that some of these tricks i'm already doing *glances over at my moral support tea and my emotional support spotify playlist that's on repeat* ٩( ˙0˙)۶

i believe in you anon!!! i am not 5 day thesis anon but my tips so far are to:

cry

talk to someone who isn't a uni student about ur dissertation. they will be amazed at how u can write words. it will make u feel more confident about ur dissertation, even if ur struggling

highlighters r ur best friend

cry more

a tip from my supervisor: ignore the word count! it will come to you naturally. i like this idea because i've been able to write 3000 words this weekend just by ignoring the word count