A lifesaver for the pains of academic writing

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	• Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, R and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis Joan Bolker Holt Paperbacks, 1998 - 184 pages average customer review:based on 62 reviews view larger image
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Dissertation Cheerleading

I was hoping this book would offer insight into a mysterious, terrifying process. It has some helpful information, but is mostly fluff. I read the book in a couple of hours. I walked away with some hints (write every day, met regularly with your advisor)but nothing earth-shattering. I wouldn't buy it again or recommend the purchase. I threw it away after reading it.

A Good Start

The various steps outlined in the middle chapters gave me a good idea of how to think about my dissertation as I started planning it, and I found much reassurance that I wasn't alone in the problems I encountered while writing.
However, some of the advice is terribly vague or trite. The worst part is the halfhearted attempt to address the use of computers in writing. She seems to think that people might still complete dissertations without one. Sample advice on using a computer to write your dissertation: the best way to avoid viruses is to not share software.

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A lifesaver for the pains of academic writing

Bolker's book was a lifesaver for me while writing my M.A. thesis.
Writing is a painful process, and Bolker is kind and wise
as well as realistic in the advise she gives. Bolker offers
techniques for the writing process and for the editing process
that are invaluable to a stuck writer. She has much empathy for
the psychological processes involved and gives helpful
direction in this area as well.
This is a wonderful book and I feel lucky I could benefit
from the wide experience of it's writer.

Interesting but not too helpful

This is a nice book to read. However, I expected it to be a "How to ..." book about the structure of my dissertation, the methodology section, the presentation of the research findings, and the writing of conclusions and it wasn't. I used "Surviving Your Dissertation" instead and it helped me a lot.

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