What your supervisor means when they give advice on your draft
Okay, so this is something that I watch candidates go through, and also something I discovered when I started to give feedback as a supervisor
Okay, so this is something that I watch candidates go through, and also something I discovered when I started to give feedback as a supervisor
So reverse outlines are super simple, and super powerful. Basically, instead of writing a detailed, paragraph-level plan before you start writing, you do the writing
I’ve often said in talking to candidates and students and researchers I work with, “You can’t over signpost”. But I’ve found that isn’t clear enough,
Over at the always fantastic Thesis Whisper blog, Inger Mewburn is talking about bringing your zombie thesis to life. She recommends the Research Voodoo post
So posting over here on Research Degree Voodoo has gone a bit quiet over the last few months because I’ve gone back to uni myself.
A student emailed me with a question about how to use lists strategically in his writing. I tend to use many lists in my writing
Some people write too tightly, their texts are too small, too cramped. Their problem is to get enough words. I have advice for you already.
Sometimes you can’t write anymore because you are finished. Really, that last chapter is never going to be part of your thesis. Mid-summer is high
Okay, editing, or structuring, definitely seems to be a Voodoo thing. You ‘get’ it, or you don’t; and if you don’t… then you are left without
The University of Otago LibGuides recommends… these resources for “Managing your literature”, two of them from this blog. You know how to manage your references,
