You will be deleted! (Zoë)

When I decided to write my final Cinema Studies essay on Doctor Who, I thought it was the best idea I’d had in a while. How much fun would writing 2500 words on Doctor Who be? I was really looking forward to getting into the scene analysis and enjoying sharing my passion for one of my favourite television shows.

But I may have been mistaken. It turns out that once I get started on Doctor Who, you can’t stop me. I haven’t written an introduction or a conclusion yet, and it’s over 3000 words. I’ve created a monster.

I don’t really want to cut any of it out, because I’m attached to all my points. They all have something exciting to say! Over-enthusiasm isn’t the typical problem that students have with writing essays, but it’s what causing me grief now. And it’s actually really challenging. I think I need to go back over it and see what’s relevant, and what’s me saying ‘The Doctor is AWESOME!!!! Everybody watch Doctor Who! Check me out, writing about Doctor Who, Daleks are cool’ and some more geeking out.

But really, when I sit back and look at my essay, I just have to think how cool it is to actually be able to write about a show like Doctor Who. One of the main differences between high school and university is this kind of freedom to be able to take your own idea and really explore it. If you had told me this time last year (when I was freaking out about the approaching English exam) that in a year I would be writing on Doctor Who, I would have been so excited. But probably not surprised. 🙂

Now I just need to work out which parts of my essay to EXTERMINATE!!!!