Re: Start writing your thesis now.

From: Gregory L. Hansen (glhansen_at_steel.ucs.indiana.edu)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:32:26 +0000 (UTC)

In article <410636a1$0$5644$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>, <jmfbahciv@aol.com> wrote:
>In article <df160b8f.0407261130.d7548a4@posting.google.com>,
> condor@biosys.net (Big Bird) wrote:
>>jmfbahciv@aol.com wrote in message
>news:<4105145c$0$5651$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...
>>> In article <ce33ot$j84$1@hood.uits.indiana.edu>,
>>> glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu (Gregory L. Hansen) wrote:
>>> >
>>> >Start writing your thesis as soon as you begin your research. And not
>>> >just because it will take longer than you imagine, and because it sucks
>to
>>> >crunch for an impending deadline. Although they are good reasons. You
>>> >may not have data yet, but you can write about the theory and
>motivation,
>>> >the basic experimental program, start drawing diagrams of equipment and
>>> >floor layouts, block diagrams of your electronics and other peices, and
>>> >so on. Keep writing as you go on.
>>
>>
>>I do not know how this works elsewhere, but *my* advisor required
>>regular memos documenting what I was doing. He had enough on his mind
>>without having to keep every detail of every student's work in mind
>>and thus he wanted a regular memo (didn't care if it was every other
>>week or once a month or so, just as long as it was regularly) in which
>>absolutely everything had to be documented.
>>
>>Writing a thesis was a piece of cake: go back and cut-n-paste text
>>from all those memos together into a coherent whole. 10% new text and
>>figures, 90% stuff that I created "at the time".
>
>Yup. That's one way to "manage" any project. It takes discipline
>which is the most difficult thing to learn and teach.

And foresight. 

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