Category — Grad School Dissertations
Conquering The Fear Factor of Writing Your Dissertation
The thought of writing your dissertation can send a shiver of fear into the most seasoned grad student. Breathe easy–feeling worried about writing the biggest paper of your life is completely normal!
For practical step-by-step tips on how to overcome dissertation inertia and a great guide for taking those initial steps in the writing and research process you will want to check out this wonderful resource on dissertations, which I’ve found very helpful.
There’s so much useful info in that article, but one of the thing I learned is there are a few roadblocks that commonly pop-up with dissertation writing that prevent us from getting the deed done:
Organize Your Writing Time Like A Professional Writer
Is there any other skill more necessary in Grad School or College than writing? Nadda. Writing papers, essays, and your dissertation are all inescapable aspects of academia, and there’s a heck of a lot more to serious writing than just knowing correct grammar and punctuation.
Professional writers will tell you, organizing your writing time is paramount to a successful writing project. Especially if you’re working on a huge project like your dissertation, you need to get serious about scheduling your writing time.
There’s an excellent article at Study Hacks called How to Schedule Your Writing Like a Professional Writer, and they’ve done an amazing job of collecting advice from several masters of long form non-fiction.
Apply the professional writing tips to your college or grad school writing (or any writing at all) by following these steps:
