BLOG UNIVERSITY DISSERTATIONS AND HOW TO WRITE THEM     ACADEMIC    0 COMMENTS Written by Harry Croose " I write, because I don't know what I think, until I read what I say." - Flannery O'Connor - Tweet Hello all, I hope you are well today this is my sequel to the blog post 'University Dissertations and How To Plan Them' which you can check in the link below.  Today however, I am going to talk about the writing process, and how to essentially write well. :) Again these our general points, for some dissertations their could be slightly differences in requirements, depending on your chosen degree subject. I am hoping these points will be very helpful and insightful all the same, here are a few points. :) Remember that Good Writing takes as much planning as it does writing. :)  PREVIOUS BLOG POST ON DISSERTATIONS: 'University Dissertations and How to Plan Them' 1. Structure Before Starting Make sure that you know how your Dissertation, is going to be structured. Look at examples Dissertations from your University, and better yet your subject, e.g. History.  You will be able to see how they structure their Dissertation and this will give you a basis sturcutre to begin the writing process.  Structure also comes done to knowing the word count, and how to layout your essay. E.g. you could structured your essay knowing that your introduction is 2000 words, main body is 6000 and conclusion is 1000 words. This will give you a rough idea on how many paragraphs and points you will need to make to answer your questions.   2. Make a list of your quotes with References before drafting This is an important bit of advice, that helped me compile my references and sources, you can even do this with any appendix or list of tables that you may have. With this list of quotes (wether directly quoted or paraphrased).  You can decide which section each quote can go in, e.g. you can space out your quotations if you have 50 quotes (you could try and space out so that there is 10 quotes in each of your 5 sections);  of course this could change slightly depending on the sections but it would be a great way of establishing some word count before even starting to write.  This helps me write a first draft as you feel as though you already have some word count, and not a blank page. A metaphor I would use is 'dot to dot' these quotes help you join your arguments together, and thus it is easier to focus on your first draft.  3. Look up other Blog Posts and Advice on Creating a Dissertation There a loads of YouTubers and other blog posts as well as resources given to you by your Disseration Tutor and the Academic Team at your Univesity, to give you many tips and varations on writing style, if you watch enough of these videos or read enough blogs, you will…