Boy howdy has it been a long few weeks but here we are, about to turn in our first draft. I don’t know about you but I have not felt better about this process than I have this past week. I finally am able to get some serious writing done, and while I anticipate HEAVY edits in the weeks following submission of my first draft, that is what first drafts are for.
I hope everyone else is chugging along nicely. I know for myself that these past few weeks have been some of the most taxing of my undergraduate career, but at least its almost over.
I have finally started digging into the meat of my paper, a discussion of the 1848 German revolution and the collapse of advocates of representative government following the counterrevolution. It has been a very fun topic to write about, I just hope that it is similarly fun to read about.
Diving into an intellectual and political history in the way I have has been incredibly rewarding. While my initial hypothesis has largely held up, its been incredibly fun fine tuning it as I have dived deeper and deeper into my research. I have never and quite likely will never complete as comprehensive research into a historical paper as I am here, so I am making sure I am savoring it for all that its worth.