I might even need backup singers.

This revision of the prospectus is going more slowly and haltingly than I'd hoped. However, typing out the Extremely Dull Version of the outline has helped (1. I will study X. 2. X is important because of reason A. 3. X is important because of reason B. ...and so on).

Clearly what I need is additional fabulous. I have therefore doffed my Emergency Fabulous Hat and am going to knuckle down and produce a better thousand-word opening. And then I'm going to hunt adverbs! With a hammer!