The PhD Writing Handbook.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrative Materials -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Stages of PhD Thesis Writing -- The traditional model of the PhD -- Alternative models of the PhD -- Making a start -- 2. Developing a Research Topic through Writing -- Choosing a topic -- Finding and developing a topic that is feasible -- Finding and developing a topic that is specific and significant -- Developing an updated rationale for the research -- 3. Managing Research Reading -- Reading aims -- Problem areas associated with reading -- Notetaking: From reading into writing -- 4. Producing a Literature Review -- The literature review as a process and a product -- The purposes of a literature review -- Alternative approaches to the literature review as product -- Literature review problem areas -- 5. Exploring Key Concepts -- The importance of concept development within a research project -- The starting point for concept exploration -- The process of concept exploration: the next steps -- Other ways of exploring concepts through lateral thinking -- Exploring concepts in writing -- 6. Building a Structured Chapter Framework -- Producing an overall framework -- Types of chapters within the structural framework -- Chapter introductions and conclusions -- 7. Establishing Productive Writing Routines -- Goals, schedules and routines -- When will you write? How will you allocate time? -- Setting goals and targets -- Where and how will you write? -- Feedback on writing -- 8. Writing Clearly, Concisely and Coherently -- Clarity and coherence -- The nature of coherence -- Coherence at chapter level -- 9. Developing Academic Style -- Expectations of academic style -- Expectations of difficulty -- Classifying 'difficult texts' -- 10. Completing a First Draft -- The basic writing cycle -- Managing reader expectations.

Drafting and redrafting -- Monitoring progress -- Writing and editing -- 11. Motivating Yourself to Write -- Writing is more than just a technical exercise -- The nature of writer's block -- In which situations does writer's block occur? -- What are the causes of writer's block? -- What kind of strategies or solutions can we use for writer's block? -- Coping with rejection -- 12. Reporting and Analysing Research Findings -- Structuring your data report -- Reporting quantitative data -- Reporting qualitative data -- Drawing conclusions -- 13. Completing your PhD Thesis -- Writing the final version -- Oral presentations and writing -- The viva -- 14. Writing throughout an Academic Career -- Appendix 1: Useful Websites -- Appendix 2: Suggested Answers for Task 2.1 -- Appendix 3: Research Rationale Template -- References -- Index.

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