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Title: Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing) by Howard Saul Becker ISBN: 0-226-04107-7 Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr Pub. Date: 01 March, 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The book is helpful
Comment: Having read a bunch of books on the topic of doing your thesis, I was a bit desperate since none of them seemed to offer really practical advices on how to tackle the problem of starting to write. I got lost in "how to read and write a literature review" and "how to talk to your committee members", and only when I start reading Becker's book I found this seemingly crazy but increadibly fine advice: sit down and write - just about everything that comes into your mind. If you get stuck, put it down. Your first draft will be much of a weird writing, but only through materializing it you will be able to make further steps forward. I've read this book in less than two days and have brightened my view of this huge task in front of me. The only redundant thing is the chapter on using the computer, since it became a usual stuff since this book was published. Everything else is a true confidence booster!
Rating: 2
Summary: From a clinical psychologist who coaches academics:
Comment: In the final chapter of his book, Becker writes that "(r)eading this book will not solve all your writing problems. It will hardly solve any of them." I agree.
Rating: 5
Summary: Becker gets you going
Comment: Starting Chapter 1 of my dissertation proposal scared the living daylights out of me. Where to start? How much do I need to research and read before I actually start writing? And then there is the never-ending "Here's just one more article/book/website I need to read/investigate before I can even start *thinking* about writing" refrain...
Becker, in a very straight-forward and humorous manner, gets you going. He lets you know the absolute fear you are feeling is perfectly normal and that the first draft is just that - a first draft. It doesn't have to be perfect; in fact it *shouldn't* be perfect. After reading this book, I simply sat down and started writing. I didn't worry about punctuation or sentence structure, I just wrote. Some of it ended up in the trash, but much of what I wrote on the first go-around was molded into some very good work.
Thanks to Howard Becker I think I might actual graduate!
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Title: Tricks of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research While You're Doing It by Howard S. Becker ISBN: 0226041247 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.06 |
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Title: The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth, Joseph M. Williams, Gregory G. Colomb ISBN: 0226065685 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis by Joan Bolker ISBN: 080504891X Publisher: Owl Books (NY) Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Tales of the Field on Writing Ethnography by John Van Maanen ISBN: 0226849627 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1988 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: The Compleat Academic: A Career Guide by John M., Ph.D. Darley, Mark P. Zanna, Henry L., III Roediger, American Psychological Association ISBN: 1591470358 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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