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i find i can write volumes about a subject when i stop locking myself in trying to describe the topic at face value. a paper that merely describes something else (especially 16 pages of it) can be very tedious.
pick a subject you like and ask the following types of questions:
how did it get to be the way it is now?
what external forces have acted upon it?
does the relevant conventional wisdom align with recorded fact?
those sort of things.
and finally, as cheesy as it sounds, I would make an outline or list before you start. bookend the list with the usual introductory and conclusion paragraphs. in between, list all the aspects of the topic you feel you can write a paragraph on. arrange them in the most logically coherant way.
then start writing that bad boy...
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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