Here are some of the common pitfalls for writing a dissertation, and some ideas for how to avoid them.
Successful writers and academics tend to have at least one thing in common: they know what they need to get a writing project done
It’s summertime again, and for me that means teaching an accelerated research writing course. I’ve been teaching research and writing skills t ...
An important part of writing a thesis or dissertation is writing a solid literature review. The aim of a literature review is to give your reader a se ...
If you are writing a dissertation, you’ll know that no matter how much planning you put into it, things always seem to take longer than expected, which tends to result […]
If the title of this post sounds a bit confrontational, that’s because it’s meant to be. The first question every graduate student should ask herself before beginning the dissertation is, […]
With any major writing project, motivation is a key factor in determining whether or not you will finish. With your dissertation, your motivation is, ostensibly, to finish so that you […]
Last week I wrote about what to expect when you hire a dissertation editor. But what if you’re not even ready to think about the possibility of using dissertation editing […]
As a PhD student and freelance dissertation editor, I’m in the unique position of simultaneously writing my own dissertation and editing other people’s dissertations. This has given me some special […]
At some point in time, writer’s block happens to almost every PhD candidate during the dissertation writing process. A writer’s inability to begin, continue, or finish his or her PhD […]
