How to plan, draft, write and finish a doctoral thesis or dissertation.
Writing a book is that moment of pride and pleasure at having been able to release all the pent-up emotions in one’s inner being. It is one of the best means of revealing all those fantasies, lovely thoughts, turmoil, and storm that had been brewing in your inner mind and soul. Finally, releasing in your writing gives you that innate pleasure that can be replaced by any other. Similarly, while writing your PhD, you get to experience that similar feeling.
Tips On How To Become An Author
The book, “Authoring A PhD” is written by Mr. Patrick Dunleavy. It tells you very passionately about how best to outline a sketch, pen down, and finally complete a doctoral thesis. The first chapter lays down a few prototypes of PhD and how to write them so that it is pleasing to the readers' senses.
The way you should move forward and, planning is vital. This chapter tells you how exactly you should go about it. The ultimate goal of the writer is to match the reader’s expectations. It should be such that if the reader, on completion of the write-up is left wanting for more, then the author is one successful writer.
Visualizing The Thesis As A Whole
Thesis writing is not the primary goal of the writer. The writer should first understand what the thesis is all about. He should first make a track of what would he want to write. If you have the exact nature of the thesis in your mind, you can move forward with the work easily, and smoothly.
You have to have a clear-cut definition of what your research questions are. Only then can you move forward with the research work. It will enable you to get about with some work that is your own. Originality is the keyword here. Every writer must have the capability of framing a piece of his or her mind on one's own.
Making A Plan Of The Macro Structure
Before anything else, chalk out your entire thesis altogether. This helps you to get an idea as to where and when to write what and place your information accordingly. This gives a proper shape and structure to the dissertation. First, envision the whole thing in your mind’s eye, and then only will you be able to reach the core effortlessly.
It helps you focus on the essentials and helps you draft the necessary from the unnecessary. There are four patterns of explanation that you could draw up from this chapter that will enable you to open up as you move on with the writing of the thesis.
Getting The Micro Structure Organized
After planning out the whole thesis material, it is now the turn of the planning at the macro level. It means to plan out each chapter minutely so that it becomes an organized whole. After that, carefully plan the headings, subheadings, starting and ending so that the entire thing becomes a coordinated whole.
This chapter enables you to make complete drafting of the entire whole that leads to the smaller bits becoming structured. If you can plan this step out, then your whole thing becomes so fine that it will ultimately please the reader. It is the goal of every writer.
Writing Style And Technique
Researching your materials from the right source is immensely important as that makes or breaks your thesis. It can build it or make it come crashing down, so this chapter tells you how to do some effective reference work that could be the foundation of a good thesis material.
After your referencing is over, now get down to writing the material in an effective style. By saying effectively, it means that you must have such a thesis that it can capture the readers' imagination. What are the elements of good research work? It is what you get to know in this chapter.
How To Develop And Manage The Whole Thesis
Sometimes even when you have everything planned as you wish to does not guarantee that you get a well-structured thesis. The writing process sometimes goes chaotic and haywire. And when this happens, all your hard work goes down the gutter.
You have to get your material organized. And if that is not done, then writing and developing the text becomes a bit difficult. And if you have a rough draft chalked out, then you can upgrade it from time to time after some discussion with your mentor. It yields better quality work because you can remodel your materials and text as per the latest discussions and suggestions.
Making Your Thesis Attractive
Writing if illustrated with tables, charts, graphs, and other such illustrative material then become pleasing to the eyes and minds of the readers. Long paragraph after paragraph is not at all soothing. It should come interspersed with such illustrations that can give a break to the reader.
This chapter illustrates how to design such graphics and make your write-up interesting. You could also do with some diagrams and images that could go a long way in capturing the reader’s attention span. Here you will learn how to handle such things so that the result is stunning and effective.
Getting Done With Your Doctorate
Now finally, when you have reached your destination – that is when you are on the verge of finishing your dissertation. Now is the time when you have from the time of your rough draft to that time when you have your final draft. It is the most interesting and exciting part of the game.
Once you are done with your final draft, get going with choosing your examiner and submitting it so that you get your call for the viva or the oral examination that could take you to the finishing line.
Finally Getting Your Thesis Published
Ultimately you are now ready to get your work submitted and published. Now you can at last transform the entire material as a book form and, you are now ready to meet the public’s discerning and scrutinizing eyes for a full review.
Now is the time that will tell you whether you have been able to get a grip of the reader’s imagination with your writing.
Conclusion
Now that you are done with your thesis, you can meet the world to know what the public thinks of your thesis. Here is a good book that will guide you through the entire procedure. If you follow it religiously, I am sure that you are bound to come up with a good dissertation. This book is a reader’s delight in itself.
VERY GOOD Thesis.