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I plan to write my thesis due in 3 months using this:



http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/toys/randomsentence/write-sentence.htm

;-)

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On Sunday I sent off a contribution for an edited collection of papers. :-)

Today I return to the chapter of hell :-(

I meant more in the sense of using vast chunks of the peer.reviewed quality text from journal articles in the body of the thesis since my early chapter drafts from 2008 and early 09 are in bad shape and need a lot of work for submission this winter.

I guess I would then footnote where they come from.

With three months to go until submission (and one month until a polished draft is required by sup' team) I am in the process of writing a few chapters. I am trying to incorporate 3 journal articles of mine into the thesis and I am struggling because obviously one needs to make them fit properly. To be frank, I am really tired and exhausted by the whole thing, and I imagine that - with naivety- I can just chuck some peer-reviewed material that is good into the chapter and sort them out without planning a whole re-write.... Anyway, I just wondered what failures and success people had (esp. humanities) with incorporating their journals into their thesis. there will be a central theme to the thesis and each chapter, but still struggling to bring the publications together...

I too self-funded my first Phd year and was funded by the AHRC for the 2nd and 3rd year. It is possible!

/ 2 star celebrity staggers into the celebrity 4 star lounge clutching a bottle of lambrini, hoping to get papped in the presence of real celebs and get in the tabs in the morning.

How is the paper going? I am about 2/3 of the way through mine and will keep going!

I will be here all night,:(

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In what way is a summary different from a conclusion? I am trying to polish off a second draft of a chapter and have been told that the earlier draft "conclusion" was more of a summary....

....do I need to be more ambitious and bold in a conclusion, apologies for this inane question, but I am a bit confused and tired here!

I have a chapter to finish by Monday, but I took today off to do social things and wind down. I feel so much better now and will wake up early tmrw to sort things out.

Hi, yeah, I totally agree with the defeatist comment - I had a complete mood change this week towards feeling more positive and hopeful after weeks of the reverse, and decided to not apply for the exit strategy because it wasn't what I wanted and was ridiculously defeatist this early. I have three publications, and will have 4 by the autumn next year. I wasn't feeling to bright when I wrote that post, I had just been refused from a postdoc, in the light of a different day I feel more positive. I wouldn't say my topic is super-sexy, but it certainly isn't dull!!

I've been here your year, FOR years, spilling my pearls of wisdom hither and tither - for owt! Gimme stars now!!!! :p