What every thesis writer ought to know: Thoughts on process, priorities, and informed decision making

What every thesis writer ought to know:
Thoughts on process, priorities, and informed decision making 

Thomas Lavelle
Center for Modern Languages
Department of Management and Organization 

High-stakes writing projects have a bad reputation. Some of that is deserved. They can be difficult, the usually take a long time to complete, which calls for some project-management skills, and of course the stakes are high so there is a lot of pressure to succeed. 

Some of that reputation, though, is inaccurate, inaccuracy that stems from such projects, and academic writing more generally, being draped in mystery, so that the writing often takes place in a cloud uncertainty. 

In our time together, I’d like to pull back the curtains a little, share some insights that can help you to manage your project/writing process, and draw attention to the most important thing I’ve learned in xx years of teaching writing (sorry, that number is embarrassingly high). That thing is this: writing is a lot more fun when you do it as a decision maker and not a rule follower. Event is held in the Bonnier room.

The first 30 sign-ups will get lunch!