Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day by Bolker, Joan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Halftitle Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Beginning

Writing Your Way In Developing Your Own Work Process Choosing a Topic Doing Research On Ownership About Maxims

2. Choosing an Advisor and a Committee

Your Advisor Your Committee Using Your Advisor Well On Dissertation Paranoia Troubles with Your Advisor

3. Getting Started Writing

Thoughts on the Writing Process Using Behavioral Principles About Creating a Writing Addiction Freewriting and Making a Mess Setting Your Daily Writing Goal

4. From Zero to First Draft

The Zero Draft The First Draft Getting to Your First Draft Asking Questions A Few Approaches to Writing a First Draft More Strategies for Working on Your First Draft

5. Getting to the Midpoint: Reviewing Your Process and Your Progress

Taking Stock of Your Dissertation Your Writing Process Your Writing Progress On Deadlines R&R

6. Interruptions from Outside and Inside

Interruptions from Outside Ambiguous Interruptions and Events Interruptions from Inside Funky Exercises for Times When You’re Stuck

7. You, Your Readers, and the Dissertation Support Group

Writing for Yourself and for Others You and Your Readers The Dissertation Support Group

8. Revising: The Second Draft and Beyond

Thinking About the Revision Process Useful Revision Strategies Revision and Truth Telling

9. The Best Dissertation Is a Done Dissertation

The Costs of Growth Hitting the Wall Getting On with It A Possible Horrible Scenario The Thesis Defense Afterward

10. Life After the Dissertation

Publishing Your Dissertation Publishing Your Dissertation as Articles Transforming Your Dissertation into a Book Becoming a Writer

Appendix I. How the Computer Revolution Affects You and Your Dissertation Appendix II. Some Advice for Advisors Some Useful Books and Articles Index