Start from the beginning of this series about how to write a dissertation. If your committee keeps telling you that your literature review is “descriptive,” “unfocused,” or “needs to be more critical,...
What Committees Actually Mean by “Narrow It” If you are being told to “narrow your topic,” the problem is rarely that your idea is unimportant. Much more often, it is that your topic does not yet func...
Sometimes writing feels unclear before the first sentence is finished. Not because of the words, but because of the audience. You may begin and then pause, wondering: Who is this for? How will it be r...
If your dissertation feels harder than it should (or if feedback from your committee seems to come out of nowhere) the problem is often not your effort, intelligence, or preparation. It is usually a m...
