system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
How do I help my struggling partner finish his dissertation?

My partner and I are both students.  He is currently finishing up his dissertation.

I live halfway down the coast from him.

He's having a hard time finishing up his dissertation.

I have told him these things:

- 3-5 pages a day
- don't start with your introduction (he did this initially)
- try writing something like the lit review first or one of the paper summaries (he's incorporating 3 first-author papers)

I sent him a metric asston of writing center links that are geared toward grad students.

He hasn't done a whole lot on his dissertation, he's not done anything in about a week, he's horrifically stressed, and his dad and grandma are harping on him to get things done and not being constructive about it.  He wants to get the PhD, but oh man is he dragging his feet about it.

What else can I do to help him?
gpt
Start with the methods. That's the easiest part to write, since you're describing what you did with no commentary.  After that it becomes easier to write the rest (eg why did you bother telling us these methods?).