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Writing it up … … the process of organising material

Writing it up … … the process of organising material and putting it into a coherent and well-argued whole . w riting to a deadline k nowing the kind of thing you’re writing (knowing the nature of the beast) writing, and writing up w riting as you go along

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Writing it up … … the process of organising material

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  1. Writing it up … … the process of organising material and putting it into a coherent and well-argued whole

  2. writing to a deadline • knowing the kind of thing you’re writing (knowing the • nature of the beast) • writing, and writing up • writing as you go along • the management and storage of your data • Bibliography

  3. By planning and organising your research and reading, you are also planning and organising your writing • Over the next couple of weeks • What are the main questions I want to address? • What kind of answers am I looking for? • What sources and resources will I need? (libraries, archives, data-bases, film, interviews, deposited oral-history transcripts, staff expertise, fellow students ) • Am I really interested enough in the questions and the answers to sustain my study over a prolonged period of time?

  4. By the end of the autumn term • I will be able to say something about the purposes (or objectives ) of my research • I will be able to write a brief description, or outline plan of my research • I will have a (provisional) title for my dissertation

  5. Spring term … • Make an outline plan of the dissertation (draft a Contents page) • Introduction … what will be in this? • Section 1 ... • Section 2 … • Section 3 … • Section 4 … • Conclusion … and what will be in this?

  6. Half way through the Spring Term • Draft an introduction, or a discussion of existing work on the • topic (the `historiography’ of the topic, or • `survey of the literature’ • Observe yourself as a writer • Footnote at this stage (second-draft stage of this piece of writing) • Proof-read this piece. Print it out to proof-read. • Find a reader.

  7. End of spring term … • Finish any archive research; complete your notes on • primary sources material and library material • Spend a day or two with your files. Recategorise material • that needs it. • Start to prepare your `writing space’

  8. Easter vacation • A timetable for writing (up) your dissertation (and writing other things) • Last minute library and archive work is fine • Write (word-process) in the format in which you will be presenting your work

  9. Towards the end … which is …28th April 2014 • On-going proof reading and copy-editing • Reading your own work with a stranger’s eyes • The universal truth about printers and printing out

  10. Historia or, Clio, the Muse of History FINIS

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