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The four rules of writing your thesis
Roger Watson
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Why do you want to write?
Academic obligationCareer progressionPrestige of your institutionTo share research findingsTo disseminate good practiceMoney
Because you enjoy it?
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Overcoming the barrier
Behind every written piece there is a living, breathing human being who overcame his or her own challenges to express important thoughts on paper
Dale Salwak (THE)
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What is the main barrier to writing?
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How to be a writer
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way round these two things…no shortcut.
Stephen King
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Being a writer
I learned to write by writing
Professionalism comes from being able to write on a bad day
Norman Mailer
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Application to the job of writing
Apply the seat of your pants to the seat of a chair and don’t get up until you’ve written something.
Beaverbrook
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Application
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Learn to write anywhere and everywhere
• Office
• Home
• Trains
• Planes
• Hotels
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Keep a note book
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Some don’ts
Don’t think about it
Don’t tell anyone about it
Don’t wait for inspiration
…just do it!
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Just do it
You can edit a bad page….
…you can’t edit a blank page
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Inspiration
Inspiration is the act of drawing the chair up to the writing table.
Orhan Pamuk
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Inspiration
Instead of planning or talking about your plan, I say, just get something out on paper before you forget it – no matter how uncertain you feel or how confusing it sounds.
I also suggest that (you) write the first draft before (you) do any research.
Rarely do we know what we’re going to write about until we’ve completed a first, stumbling draft
Dale Salwak (THE)
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The four rules of writing
Read the guidelines
Set realistic targets and count words
Seek criticism
Treat a rejection as the start of the next submission
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Journal guidelines
Journal guidelines
Or take a look at other theses in your university
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Journal guidelines
Length
Layout
Organisation
Referencing system
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Setting targets
All good writers do this
Try to write a specific number of words per day or every time you sit down to write
When you have reached your target…STOP!
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Setting targets
Set daily targets, stick to them and give yourself plenty of rewards afterwards. The people who succeed are those who treat it like a job…
Phillip Hodson (THE)
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Seeking criticism
Find a ‘critical friend’
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Seek criticism of your writing
NOT THIS
OR THIS
THIS
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Expect to have several revisions
…I’m one of the world’s greatest rewriters
James Mitchener
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Learn when to let go
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