How to combat writer's block?

[Occhidiangela]

As Occhi says refer to your outline or create one.  Then build on that for the intro.

If that still doesn't help, just remember an introduction is just a paragraph (or more) to warn the reader what is coming up in the rest of the paper.  Try just writting shorthand style notes on what your paper will say and then come back to it later to fill in the blanks and make it coherent.

If that still won't work and you can't get the introduction rolling... Skip it!  Work on the rest of the paper and come back to it later.  Using the rest of what you have written as a base the intro should just about write itself.
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:lol:

I learned, over the years, to write the introduction or the abstract last, after I finished the body of the paper. Then I write the conclusion, or summary, after the intro to make sure they both tie together. This prevents some extra nug work if I changed my mind or the approach a bit during the creative process: I don't have to keep changing the intro to see if I have to change it.

To each his own.

Occhi