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Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Min Paperback – 1 Aug. 1998

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Expert writing advice from the editor of the Boston Globe best-seller, The Writer's Home Companion Dissertation writers need strong, practical advice, as well as someone to assure them that their struggles aren't unique. Joan Bolker, midwife to more than one hundred dissertations and co-founder of the Harvard Writing Center, offers invaluable suggestions for the graduate-student writer. Using positive reinforcement, she begins by reminding thesis writers that being able to devote themselves to a project that truly interests them can be a pleasurable adventure. She encourages them to pay close attention to their writing method in order to discover their individual work strategies that promote productivity; to stop feeling fearful that they may disappoint their advisors or family members; and to tailor their theses to their own writing style and personality needs. Using field-tested strategies she assists the student through the entire thesis-writing process, offering advice on choosing a topic and an advisor, on disciplining one's self to work at least fifteen minutes each day; setting short-term deadlines, on revising and defing the thesis, and on life and publication after the dissertation. Bolker makes writing the dissertation an enjoyable challenge.

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Editor of the best-selling The Writers Home Companion, Joan Bolker, Ed.D., has taught writing at Harvard, Wellesley, Brandeis, and Bard colleges. She is currently a psychotherapist whose speciality is working with struggling writers. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Owl Books (1 Aug. 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080504891X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0805048919
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.32 x 20.96 cm

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Joan Bolker, Ed.D., has taught and counseled writers at Harvard, where she cofounded the Writing Center; at University of Massachusetts, Boston, where she began The Language Place; and at Wellesley, Brandeis, and M.I.T., where she was a psyco-therapist and writing consultant. She has coached the authors of more than one hundred doctoral dissertations and is currently a clinical psychologist who works with many writers in her private practice. She is the author of Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day.

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Encouraging and reassuring, this is an essential for anyone stressing about their dissertation!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2019

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Great tips, slightly annoying personal style of writing but I think it actually worked quite well in the context. Suitable for anyone writing a bit piece (not just students), I got this for my MSc, after a recommendation from someone who did a history PhD, so it's very applicable. I think my dissertation would have been way more stressful without this handy little book to guide me through the process, step by step (15 mins by 15 mins!)

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A motivational text

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 February 2012

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This is a good book for motivation. It will make you start writing and keep writing. Written very pedagogically, this book also comprises good advice for post-PhD decisions. It's a little dated in places (a whole chapter on how to use a word processor!) but it's really worth buying it AT THE BEGINNING of your write-up - no point in buying it if you're already late on your writing schedule.

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what a discovery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2013

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This is a wonderful book, quick to read through. I bought it even if I am only writing a postgraduate dissertation and not a phd thesis.
This book still provides you with wonderful advice that are applicable to any kind of writing process. It really gives you some confidence about the entire project. I wish I bought it earlier.

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Delivery was spot on. There is a little damage I wasn’t expecting where the library sticker has been removed from one of the first pages but for my use thats no problem. The book itself is proving extremely useful to me, I’m approaching my masters dissertation and the tone of the writing as well as the advice itself are both highly insightful and practical.

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it's right enough

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 June 2013

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Very out of date, but some interesting tips to read. The computer section is a bit outdated. Wasn't really what I was hoping for as wanted more tips on how to lay out, save time etc etc. This book isn't for that. It's more motivational.

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I've completely been through all my reading/writing and organised myself thanks to the useful prompts and supportive words in th

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2016

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This book has got me out of the Doctorate abyss I have been wallowing in for the last few months. It has got me thinking, being reflective about how I work and what I'm choosing to do even though I'm in the last two years of my Doctorate. I've completely been through all my reading/writing and organised myself thanks to the useful prompts and supportive words in this book. You are not alone and the Doctorate is a messy process, it's ok. I read the appendices first as I found them a good way to get into the book as they discuss how much we rely on technology and what a good supervisor is. Definitely worth buying, I have recommended this already to peers.

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Very good book if you're a student

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2016

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Very good book if you're a student. It provides very valuable tips on how to write your dissertation quickly and of high standards - can be applied anywhere.

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and now recommend it to friends who are currently writing dissertations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 March 2016

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I found this book very helpful when motivating myself to complete my PhD five years ago, and now recommend it to friends who are currently writing dissertations. The sections on word processing seem outdated now, but this didn't matter to me, as what I valued about the book was the common sense advice on overcoming obstacles to writing. I was very hard on myself as a researcher and the forgiving tone of this book was just what I needed to get me through some rough patches of writer's block. I was working full-time when writing up, and found it very hard, but this book helped me to stave off perfectionism (to an extent), develop a writing habit and finish the thesis.

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Guillermo Ramirez

Gran libro

Reviewed in Mexico on 24 July 2021

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Muy buen libro que te da tips para elaborar tu tesis, está más enfocado a tesis de doctorado

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Jarrod Holliday

It's been 2 months since purchase and my partner defended her PhD thesis since

Reviewed in the United States on 29 October 2020

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This book is just wonderfully empathic. A lot of reading materials for PhD students are full of tough love, but this particular author talks about difficult steps with a lot of grace, positive thinking, and a productive take on finishing things for the sake of regaining independence and charting your own path forward as an almost-doctor. Lots of thoughts on how different people write and what works for them. There's a section on struggles with one's advisor. There's a section on hitting a wall while writing. Lots of ideas on starting and getting into the flow of writing. This book really acknowledges that in order to become a PhD, one must first become a writer, and a writer very much alike to those who write actual books of non-fiction. Once a PhD student accepts this and thinks of their thesis as a piece of creative writing with a heavy dose of supporting citations and existing science, things begin to look clearer and more manageable. Also, this review was written by my partner, whose PhD dissertation I survived, and who turned her dissertation proposal into a finished dissertation in exactly 5 weeks, falling onto this book whenever things got tough. She wishes she had gotten a copy 5 years sooner.

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Very Useful and Relevant

Reviewed in Canada on 18 November 2018

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Find the personal experiences of the author and her dissertation writing very inspirational and informative. I am puzzled about some of the negative reviews. I am not sure if they were expecting this book to write the dissertation for them.

Katha

Soo helpful!

Reviewed in Germany on 11 June 2019

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When I was working on my Master Thesis - on top of a fulltime job, this book really helped me stay on track. There were many helpful ideas, especially how to journal and write down the process of what you are doing right now - and what you need to do as next steps! It helps to break down that big chunk of a paper into small morsels that are easy to digest. I have finished my Masters about two years ago and I am sure, studying this book has contributed greatly to the product. The Investment in buying the book - even though for quite a while, it was just sitting in my bookshelf - was well worth it!

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Vermouth

Décontracté et motivant

Reviewed in France on 30 January 2018

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C’est un livre très décontracté, facile à lire, avec plein de bonnes idées. Il m’a vraiment aidé à me motiver pendant plusieurs stades de ma thèse de doctorat. Même si c’était une thèse de science, la plus part des techniques discutées sont quand même applicables. Je l’ai également partagé avec deux collègues en thèse en même temps que moi qui ont aussi apprécié.

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