This advice is so good! In the context of starting to write a new paper, it really takes out the stress and pressure and gives you a small win within minutes! I don't have to take out a chunk of time to start a new paper and mind-mapping will help streamline the process too! Yay!
Brainstorming is messy but messy is good. I like to use Miro to help me get everything down before I start organizing and reorganizing and reorganizing, and finally writing.
Thanks James - I enjoyed this. Where digital mind-mapping might be useful (for example, a tool like Scapple) while following some of the principles you have set out here, is in terms of organising information and evidence as opposed to ideas. Either way I really like your point about not throwing everything down in the first draft. We need a space to do the selecting and thinking first. If you haven't read him already, you might enjoy On Revision: The Only Writing That Counts by William German and his From Dissertation to Book. He is an advocate of those earlier messier drafts but, when it comes down to it, makes similar arguments to those here.
Hello. Does these tips apply to those who are working on a Qualitative Research Dissertation? Also, does Doctorial Thesis mean the same as a Qualitative or Quantitative Research Dissertation? We use the 2 latter names in the U.S.
These tips work for any kind of writing. I once used mind-mapping to write a wedding speech... Regarding terminology, I didn't use the term doctoral thesis. Qualitative or quantitative are types of research, which could apply at PhD level, masters level, undergraduate level...
This advice is so good! In the context of starting to write a new paper, it really takes out the stress and pressure and gives you a small win within minutes! I don't have to take out a chunk of time to start a new paper and mind-mapping will help streamline the process too! Yay!
These are good tips. I tend to do these things intuitively, so it’s interesting to hear you thoughtfully explain the process.
I tend to write/edit as I go. The thought of writing it all, then editing makes me feel queasy.
Brainstorming is messy but messy is good. I like to use Miro to help me get everything down before I start organizing and reorganizing and reorganizing, and finally writing.
Thanks James - I enjoyed this. Where digital mind-mapping might be useful (for example, a tool like Scapple) while following some of the principles you have set out here, is in terms of organising information and evidence as opposed to ideas. Either way I really like your point about not throwing everything down in the first draft. We need a space to do the selecting and thinking first. If you haven't read him already, you might enjoy On Revision: The Only Writing That Counts by William German and his From Dissertation to Book. He is an advocate of those earlier messier drafts but, when it comes down to it, makes similar arguments to those here.
By all means use digital mind-mapping tools if they work for you! Or you can use a combination of digital and analogue.
Hello. Does these tips apply to those who are working on a Qualitative Research Dissertation? Also, does Doctorial Thesis mean the same as a Qualitative or Quantitative Research Dissertation? We use the 2 latter names in the U.S.
These tips work for any kind of writing. I once used mind-mapping to write a wedding speech...
Regarding terminology, I didn't use the term doctoral thesis. Qualitative or quantitative are types of research, which could apply at PhD level, masters level, undergraduate level...
You look a bit like Jonathan Bailey :)
googles to find out who Jonathan Bailey is… 🤣