Hehe. I'm STILL in the state you described so well -- been here for YEARS. This is not encouraging you ;) .
All the above advice is great, and have worked for me at times. Go with them.
That said, here's some Bad!Advice from the Pro!Procrastinator. The humanities conferences I've been to give about 20 minutes per paper. That's about 6-7 double spaced pages at my reading speed, because I also usually use a 1 minute clip to liven things up. If this is a Dr. Who paper, I strongly suggest that you use something audio visual -- even if it's just a few handouts to pass around -- because people aren't all fans, but they'd like to be. And a picture is really sometimes worth 1000 words.
6-7 double-spaced pages? You can do that on the flight. I HAVE done it on the flight. Three times, to be exact. It's not ideal, but the important thing was that the papers got wrote, delivered, and fed back to me with thoughtful comments. And the eventual goal is peer-reviewed journal anyway, so this is just a way station.
Slightly less Bad!Advice -- disable your internet. Disconnect your router and seal it in a box or something. You don't need it for the next 12 hours. Seriously.
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All the above advice is great, and have worked for me at times. Go with them.
That said, here's some Bad!Advice from the Pro!Procrastinator. The humanities conferences I've been to give about 20 minutes per paper. That's about 6-7 double spaced pages at my reading speed, because I also usually use a 1 minute clip to liven things up. If this is a Dr. Who paper, I strongly suggest that you use something audio visual -- even if it's just a few handouts to pass around -- because people aren't all fans, but they'd like to be. And a picture is really sometimes worth 1000 words.
6-7 double-spaced pages? You can do that on the flight. I HAVE done it on the flight. Three times, to be exact. It's not ideal, but the important thing was that the papers got wrote, delivered, and fed back to me with thoughtful comments. And the eventual goal is peer-reviewed journal anyway, so this is just a way station.
Slightly less Bad!Advice -- disable your internet. Disconnect your router and seal it in a box or something. You don't need it for the next 12 hours. Seriously.