Full Description
This is an invaluable guide to developing the writing skills needed to succeed at every stage of postgraduate research. It provides useful guidance on writing clearly and coherently, and covers core topics such as exploring key concepts through writing, building a structured chapter framework and completing a first draft. Each chapter features insights from researchers along with hands-on tasks and self-evaluation exercises to help readers develop their own strategies for success.
This detailed, step-by-step guide to the secrets of successful PhD writing will be essential reading for PhD students and their supervisors across a wide range of disciplines.
Contents
Introduction
1. The Stages of PhD Thesis Writing
2. Developing a Research Topic through Writing
3. Managing Research Reading
4. Producing a Literature Review
5. Exploring Key Concepts through Reading and Writing
6. Building a Structured Chapter Framework
7. Establishing Productive Writing Routines
8. Writing Clearly, Concisely and Coherently
9. Developing Academic Style
10. Completing a First Draft
11. Motivating Yourself to Write
12. Reporting and Analysing Research Findings
13. Completing your PhD
14. Writing within an Academic Career
Bibliography and References
Appendices.
