So in order to get back into college I need to write a letter explaining, why I chose my major, what my goals are and why I didn't do well the first time. I have some points written down but my brain keeps getting stuck on starting the thing and turning those points into sentences and paragraphs. Anyone have any advice/help?
Put together the most detailed outline you can with your points that you have written down. Then start expanding the outline in the middle, with whatever part of the letter is the most concrete. (This may be the "what happened the first time" section?) YMMV, but that sometimes gets me past the blank page inertia. If it's not required elsewhere, I would add a fourth section - steps you have already taken and plan to take in the future to address the problems you had the first time. When I get really stuck on writing a thing, I write a first draft filled with spite and swearing. The words just seem to flow easier that way. I got through the conclusion of my thesis with this technique. Have a good proofreader to make sure none of that makes it into the final version!
I agree with @WithAnH - if you're stuck, find some part of it that you can write a bit of, even if it's just one bullet point. Use as many expletives, humor, whatever the hell you want in your first draft. Heck, write the thing in Klingon or Esperanto if that's what it takes to get something down on paper. It took me a long time to start on mine, but once I finally started writing the thing I got it done in a couple of hours. I know the pressure seems overwhelming for something like this, but it's really not as big a part of the re-admission process as it seems. Good luck!
Several days and much frustrated typing and deleting later I have this https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K-sgToUc_81BbFkCpPzVLEhhKHHITCLyVvFxL7HVFTo/edit?usp=drive_web Still need an intro and more content (they expect about a page) and I need to finish this today uggggghh
Man, I'm really out of things to say here so I think I'm just going to end it and pray. I think I covered everything. It's a pretty straightforward situation: I need a degree to do anything that I would actually enjoy, I fucked up due to not handling mental illness well, I'm doing things to fix that, please let me back in pretty please
