My biggest problem right now is that I’m focusing too much on BtVS itself rather than how it relates to people who aren’t in the show. In other words, I’m having trouble making my paper relevant, and maybe even compelling to people who don’t like the show. In a nutshell, I have “making decisions can alter your life drastically” and then “here is how Buffy’s decisions have altered her life.” I feel like I’ve already said as much as I can without repeating myself and making my paper boring to read. I don't want to have to change topics because I think that this is a really good one. It seems I'm in quite a conundrum, does anybody have any suggestions?
Sunday, November 8, 2009
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I would say just try to find some specific examples of people who have made decisions in real life that have drastically changed them, for better or worse. Then, you could relate some of those real life stories to your examples from BTVS
ReplyDeleteI kind of had the same problem. What I did was just start my commonplace paper from scratch, and didn't really incorporate Buffy much and it honestly helped how compelling my paper was, because my topic kind of strayed a tiny bit from my research paper.
ReplyDeleteIf you feel you have a good topic then stick with it! Trust me changing topics is not at all fun. Anyway, real life examples of your topic are really helpful. They definitely make it timely and also relevant at the same time if you present it in the right way.
ReplyDeleteI would also say to look for some real life examples that parallel with situations from Buffy. You could incorporate them into your explanation of your Buffy's decisions, breaking up some of the Buffy portions of the paper.
ReplyDeleteThere are plenty of examples of this in real life. I would at Plexico Buarass and Mike Vick. Hope that helps.
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