Spurs87
Feb 17, 2009
Dissertations / Thesis (six thousand words in six days) - art college [20]
Set yourself a timetable, I get like this all the time before a deadline (usually a couple of weeks before a 3000 word essay is due though, not 6 days before a 6000 word one!!)
You're probably going to be working til the early hours every night, but make sure that the day before the deadline you don't have much more than the conclusion to write.
I work myself really hard but the day before a deadline I don't like being panicky cos obviously it's harder to concentrate then, so the days before I usually end up working till 3am.
Try and read at least 2 books a day, find the most relevant chapters, look in the index for relevant words, then you probably won't have to read the whole thing.
And write about 1500 words a day.
Do your reading first, type out quotes and reference and do the bibliography at the same time. Then structure your arguments.
Good luck, I have 10,000 words due in 2 months and I'm freaking out, but you've made me feel a bit better!
Set yourself a timetable, I get like this all the time before a deadline (usually a couple of weeks before a 3000 word essay is due though, not 6 days before a 6000 word one!!)
You're probably going to be working til the early hours every night, but make sure that the day before the deadline you don't have much more than the conclusion to write.
I work myself really hard but the day before a deadline I don't like being panicky cos obviously it's harder to concentrate then, so the days before I usually end up working till 3am.
Try and read at least 2 books a day, find the most relevant chapters, look in the index for relevant words, then you probably won't have to read the whole thing.
And write about 1500 words a day.
Do your reading first, type out quotes and reference and do the bibliography at the same time. Then structure your arguments.
Good luck, I have 10,000 words due in 2 months and I'm freaking out, but you've made me feel a bit better!
