curing writer's block

(lowercase letters=too lazy to re-type from wordpad, sorry)
i'm a slow writer when it comes to coursework, so i really devote time to writing and end up passing work early.

i plan to submit drafts for essays weeks before the deadline because i'm going to a new country and i don't think i can do essays while adjusting to a new environment and learning another language.

it's christmas break, but i need to write 15000 words (3 essays x 5000 words) over the next three weeks. it took me three days to write 150 words(!). there must be a sign over my head saying "vacation mode".

yesterday i tried to rid myself of distractions.i stayed away from the internet for most of the day and closed the door so that i won't hear the hammering, sawing and drilling from the construction sites nearby. i looked for the most positive (cheesy?) songs on my showtunes playlist and came up with these:

the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee - why we like spelling
a new brain - i feel so much spring
avenue q - i wish i could go back to college
the baker's wife - meadowlark
billy elliot - electricity
brooklyn - once upon a time
fame - bring on tomorrow
hairspray - you can't stop the beat
the last five years - the next ten minutes
the light in the piazza - say it somehow
little shop of horrors - suddenly seymour
pippin - morning glow
wicked - defying gravity
you're good man, charlie brown - happiness

output: 800 words in 7.5 hours
verdict: singing is not a cure-all, but it helps.

about the image
i'm doing a paper on ES, TLP and LL. i brought home a week's worth of all of the papers.