As opposed to what happens when you write a thesis, that you leave both the introduction and conclusions till the end; and usually because of the imminent fall of the deadline they are not the best of writing. In a journal paper these two sections are precisely the most important since reviewers are not very patient and they want to know up front that the paper has potential, and that in different and original. So the trick is to answer two questions: Why bother? (introduction) and ...so what? (conclusions). Then, just fill in the inner sections to make sure that the whole thing makes sense.

On this one I'm with Isaac Asimov: people who think they know everything infuriate us who do

I know... forgot to sign

Fabian

...right, to the thesis now:

I couldn't finish chapter 2, but I did finish another section so now I have 4 more to go and the wrap-up. It would be fantastic finishing them all by this evening, but looks a bit overambitious; so if I can get two of those sections done I'll be happy enough.

By the way, my deadline is also at the end of September.

Talk soon

Hi folks,

Starting a bit earlier that previous days so hopefully I'll get some extra progress. I love the posts welcoming me to the forum, thanks tractorgirl! Swantje, I read somewhere that you did well in your exams; Congrats! Don't freak out, just keep on working and it'll come around. And to prevent gender confusion as in K's case, I think that from now on I should sign with my real name...

Thanks Lara. I'll post some details from the book later.

Right now I have to get working since it's almost 3pm and I'm only starting. I have not finished the chapter (which is 2 not 3 by the way, made a mistake) but I did finish the section I was working on. Word count for that chapter is currently 11,335 and I'm expecting it could go over 15,000. The main task here is to write 5 short sections (info almost directly transferred from notes)and a wrap-up.

So, let's see how much I can get done

Hi,
Do you mind if I jump on the lets-finish-this-thesis-as-soon-as-possible bandwagon, and join you?

I'm following a different book (Murray, 2002) but the idea is the same; somebody has to know what I'm doing. I have to finish chapter 3 by tomorrow and it's already 6pm. So lets give it a go...