what would a scholar do?

I look at the written pages, all scattered chapters, somehow unrelated, chaotic. What would a scholar do in front of such a patch of work?

A scholar would close all the PDFs, all browser windows, would delete all new key words ready to be searched for, and would start correcting and organizing what's been done so far.

Because a scholar would know that the deeper one diggs, the further from the end one gets.

And a scholar would skip today's BBQ as well (maybe), for the sake of academical work schedule precision ;)