Senior Seminar: Lessons Learned (Pt 1)

1. Start early. START EARLY. START. EARLY.
   
2. Draft, draft, draft. Don't stop or get bogged down with details. Blah out everything that you can, process it, and then repeat the process. We've got to keep the ideas flowing.
   
3. Carve out significant blocks of time (at least 1 hour, preferably 2-3 hrs) to sit down and JUST WORK ON THE STUFF.
4. Divide and conquer. Break up the large chapters of writing into small writing assignments.
5. ORGANIZE. Related to point 4.
6. Related to point 2: PROTOTYPE. Use pilot studies. Try and fail. Don't fall into the trap of trying to run everything in your head.
   
7. Read up literature on experimental tasks if they are available. It'll help you get a sense of what the instrument is designed to measure, and what conditions are optimal for getting "clean" data.