Hellooooo First Page Syndrome my old friend.
I'm reviewing the essay I drafted the other night, for possible submission soon. It's not bad, but it started with an info-dump of facts making their way eventually toward an argument.
First Page Syndrome, in other words:
When you're just trying to get words down, and figuring out where you want to go with them as you write.
Useful for drafting - but then you have to go *back* and make it read like you had your shit together all along. 🙃