I found that I can write for ten minutes, tops, without shirking.
As long as you limit the shirking to carefully timed "breaks," and then keep resuming work after each one, you could still finish the paper!
Doesn't look like I will. Maybe I don't have faith in the topic I chose. I've never procrastinated this much when writing before.
Sometimes I can find writing on a topic I love equally as draining, so try not to doubt your topic.
I hope it passes. I do a lot of writing to deadlines now, and fuck it's hard if there's a block, so feeling your pain. (I know a lot of my spastic posts would indicate that I may have NO writing skills, but I come here to relax, and NOT focusing on what I write actually is good for me - probably not for people who don't get my points! Sorry for the comprehension pain I inflict!)