Writing up your Research

Contents Preface ......................................................................................iv Acknowledgments.....................................................................vi A key definition – the name of the book .................................. 1 Using this book to achieve your objectives .............................. 3 Part 1 – Where to begin? .......................................................... 5 When to submit for examination .................................... 10 Part 2 – Writing the dissertation............................................. 13 Obstacles to writing ......................................................... 14 An integrated story .......................................................... 17 Flow and continuity ......................................................... 19 The use of the personal pronoun .................................... 20 The tense of the verbs used - historical present ............. 21 Minimise the use of adjectives and adverbs ................... 23 Acronyms ......................................................................... 23 The launch pad ................................................................ 24 Diagrams, tables, figures and photographs..................... 25 Some details of which to be careful ................................ 26 References ....................................................................... 27 Copyrights and trademarks ............................................. 29 Scheduled writing ............................................................ 29 Writers’ block................................................................... 29 Drafting and redrafting .................................................... 30 Proofreading and editing ................................................. 31 Learning to write academically........................................ 34 University rules for producing the written document .... 35 i