Dissertation as jig-saw puzzle

I finished writing the first section of chapter two today, a section that sets up the circularity and flow theme of the rest of the argument. There might be some moving around of sections later and I'm not sure about the last two or three sentences, but I'll leave it for now and come back to it later when my head has cleared.

One reason writing a 40- to 50-page chapter is difficult is the sheer complexity of the argument and the impossibility of keeping it all straight in my mind. It's also difficult because my argument for this chapter can be best described as a jig-saw puzzle, with each concept or idea relating to at least two or three other ideas. However, writing is a linear exercise where I have to take each part of my carefully constructed puzzle and lay them out in a straight line. The theme of this chapter is circularity and flow, so I have been literally thinking in circles. The adjustment to building a linear argument has been tough.

Pages written today: 3
Running page count: 12