Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis (original 1998; edition 1998)

by Joan Bolker (Author)

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andycyca's review

[3.75/5] The premise of this book is to present a way to find out your own personal working rhythm, program and style so that you can finish an academic document (thesis /dissertation). Although Bolker does deliver on this promise, the book sometimes feels a bit useless, but not because it's actually bad. I believe that this book is best read twice: once as a regular book, and once more throughout the writing process itself, so that the otherwise excellent advice gets to your attention right when it's needed.

In general, there are many good things to come out of this book, and it's a good (and short enough) read for anyone looking forward to write a thesis. However, as the author says, it's not a magical formula and will require some elbow grease just to figure out what works best for every one. To be read in parts, through your dissertation writing process. (

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andycyca | Aug 6, 2019 |

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Psycho-babble, I'm afraid. Everything that isn't common-sense is probably wrong. (

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mark_read | Aug 13, 2020 |

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andycyca | Aug 6, 2019 |

This was perhaps the most practical and encouraging book I read during my doctoral work. The chapter concerning the beginning process of writing was as motivational as anything that I've read about writing. (

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gcornett | Sep 22, 2017 |

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.

OHIOCLDC | Jul 1, 2015 |

Clear, inspiring, plausible: great for hating yourself and your dissertation even more. (

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idlerking | Mar 31, 2013 |

Anyone writing a dissertation or thesis should read this book before getting too far along. I made the mistake of waiting to read it until my last months of work. It would have been SO useful to have read earlier! READ IT. It's quick. (

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