I'm working on my seminar paper tonight (and for the next 8 nights, much like the Festival of Lights). The highly instrumental way I approach such large projects is as follows: I have to write around 7000 words. I have six days in which to do it (before the oral presentation). That means about 1200 words per day. But, what about the oral presentation? Thus, up the words per day and save the last day for generating the presentation outline.
This never works. I always begin to fall short on word count, usually from the first day onward. Then I get panicked. This is probably bad for my health, but it is a good spur to get the writing in gear. Lately I've tried a new writing tack: just writing down the facts/ideas in sequence, not worrying about elegant language. I think it will be more efficient. It will probably also require much more time for revisions after the oral presentation, but I've allowed 3 days for that, which ought to be sufficient.
Hmm. Sounds good from here. I should be a basket case by Monday.