Category Archives: dissertation
Are you asking enough questions?
Last week, I talked about understanding questions as a whole and then breaking them down into parts. Both stages are in order for you to get as much meaning from a question as possible. Questions are important. You need to … Continue reading
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Why You Are Better Than Robotic Willpower
There are many tools around that make sure you’re only doing what you’re meant to be doing. Let’s say you’re supposed to be writing. To help you stay writing, there’s software that cripples your Internet connection, that removes your social … Continue reading
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How to study a book before you have it
The wait for a crucial book to become available in the library is frustrating. Even worse when the library doesn’t have the book at all. Aside from inter-library loans, buying the book yourself, and other costly or time-heavy options, what … Continue reading
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Don’t Plagiarise it. Remix it!
Academics have been remixing since forever. You cannot move forward without taking from what is already behind you. Yet remixing is different from plagiarising. Academics reference the work they’re using and explain how they reached the detail they’re presenting. There … Continue reading
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“Writer’s Block” – The uninvited break
“I don’t believe in writers block particularly. I think you can feel you’re getting writer’s block and then you call it writer’s block and you’re in trouble. So I refuse to call it writer’s block. I call it ‘time for … Continue reading
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