I am now starting to put together my thesis. First step was to write a plan. There are a couple of resources on the Internet that might help you create the thesis plan:
- This website is very thorough and has a lot of information
- This includes lots of thesis writing tips
- More information
Different PhDs have different thesis ‘rules’. Make sure you are clear before you start what your institution expects from you (do you have a page limit? what line spacing should you use?) and go through your plan with your supervisor to make sure they are on board, before you start writing.
I attended a course about 6 months ago called ‘dealing with long documents’. This gave lots of tips about creating a thesis in Word and setting up templates to make life easier as the thesis is created. Make sure you are familiar with the software you will be using to write your thesis (especially the software you are going to use to manage your references). If you don’t feel confident with the software, find out if there are any courses at your institution and/or look online to find helpful tips, tutorials and advice.
I have decided it might be useful to start writing down everything in a notebook. So I can record where I have saved my files, what parts I have finished and to-do lists as I write my thesis. This weekend I went out and bought one, and hopefully this will help keep me happy, organised and on track as I write up.
My Thesis Notebook
Hello Heather, I have read some of your contributions here and I really found them very helpful, right now I am working on all the various topics related to PhD study, so it was nice to find this website,
best regards
Ludmila
Thanks for the links, the Toronto doc is particularly handy.
Good luck with it all.
so, what’s the plan? i think u miss that one out.
I’ve read a few of your posts and find the very helpful, especially this one. I’m not terribly close to writing up but was out perusing what it will entail. So, thanks!