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It distinguishes writing as a separate task from conducting research, then covers planning a writing map, building an effective contents page, defining chapter subsections, and maintaining direction. Practical exercises address getting started from a blank page, using “freewriting” to think clearly, refining ideas into formal language, and reducing writer’s block through rewriting, editing, and technology.","12  \nWriting Up: A Tool Kit for Constructing your Written Project  \nRobert MacIntosh, Thomas Farrington, John Sanders and Mercy Denedo  \nFor many people, their dissertation represents the largest piece of written work they will have had to produce to date. Writing tens of thousands of words is a qualitatively different problem than writing shorter essay or assignment style pieces. With scale comes the challenge of making sure that the document as a whole flows, is clearly structured and reads like a single integrated piece. In reality, you will find yourself writing different sections at different times sometimes months apart. It is not uncommon for these different sections to vary slightly in focus, structure or tone and this can mean that the final project reads as somewhat disjointed. The problem is that both projects and writing styles differ, so there is no single recipe for success. The research topic, methods, supervisors and your own way of working are all key aspects of developing a high quality document that will be assessed against the kinds of criteria set out in Appendix 2.  \nThe purpose of this chapter is to highlight a few key points about the process of writing up your research project, as distinct from the process of doing the research itself, and offer some advice on writing effectively. Though obviously interrelated, it is worth teasing these two tasks apart since it can make the whole process more productive. The chapter begins with a look at mapping out your writing, before offering suggestions on how to find your focus and maintain it. The chapter then looks at overcoming writer’s block, rewriting and editing, and the use of technology. This is followed by a series of writing tips, before the chapter concludes with some practical advice on the relationship between you and your supervisor.  \nGetting started  \nAt some point, you will find yourself facing a blank page. More accurately, it will likely be a blank screen since almost everyone writes via a keyboard, screen and word processor today. Finding a way to get started is often the first challenge. You may have had to put a research proposal together before starting the dissertation proper. If so, then you will have an outline structure from which to work. A sensible first step is to create a contents page, which sets out those aspects of a research project that are commonly recognised such as an abstract, introduction, literature review, etc. Appendix 3 sets out some examples of typical project structures and includes details of indicative word count for each section. Whilst not cast in stone, these are a helpful guide and can offer you a way of gauging progress. Many students begin with the anxiety that they cannot imagine finding enough to write about. In practice, the reverse is often true, and finding a way to compress your project is more of a problem than the lack of words available.  \nTake each of the chapter headings from your contents page and break them down into subsections. For example, the methods chapter might open with an overview of the nature of knowledge claims, before moving on to the range of possible choices that you considered for your own research project. A justification for the methods that you have chosen might follow, then a detailed account of how you will operationalize these methods in the research that you conduct. The structuring of each chapter in your dissertation is determined by your own writing style, however appendix A3 provides an example of the common elements that normally appear within each chapter and a rough estimate of how many words each theme or subsection might require.The order and titles of these sections and subsections are likely to change as your project progresses, yet producing this map of your dissertation will allow you to see where you are headed, and what you need to do to get there. 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