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What if you don’t have enough raw information to finish your article, article package or report?  What if you’ve got all the information but you don’t know what to do with it, or have been on the project so long and don’t know what to do with it?
Write a little bit, even if it’s not long enough or good enough.

I don’t know how many times it’s happened that I just had to write down a paragraph-long idea for a story, that ended up turning into pages of background and further story ideas or an out-and-out story (or chunk of one).  Gene Wolfe’s 800+ page Book of the New Sun started out as a novella.

Articles and reports can start out the same way.  Sometimes all you need is that little push to get going.  Or a little chunk of info that can inspire you later when you’re refreshed.  Or something that you can look at and say, “Okay, at least I did something,” so that you can quit worrying.

Many’s been the time that I’ve written down the basic idea of an article and a few of my ideas or opinions about it, even though those ideas and opinions didn’t seem worth much.  But when I came back to it, the ideas either gave me more ideas on what to write or how to write it.  I.e. they sparked further research or else gave me a better angle and viewpoint to write from.

And speaking of fiction, it’s been a long day.  I think I’ll go relax with some Clark Ashton Smith.