How did you stay motivated during your masters thesis. I set deadlines but find it difficult to meet them. Am lagging behind with only 2 months before i submit my dissertation. help!! is this normal..or am i just not cut out for the PhD am hoping to do in the same area? i enjoy reading the material but it hard to write on it.
Jan, you are not the only one who is not fond of writing. My Master's thesis took me 5 months with lit.review, analysis of data and writing-up, and then there were two more months of reviews and changes based on my supervisors' comments (most of that time they were reading my paper though). My advice would be to eat lots of chocolate. It helps to stay in good mood and keeps you awake. Good luck!
Structure depends a lot on your field. Go to your department and ask for copies of theses of previous Master's students. Or try your library. We had tons of those at our MBA office, and I noticed that even papers in Finance and in Marketing are VERY different in structure (although it's all management, and they are supposed to be similar).
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