How I Wrote My Dissertation
Someone might expect to find an entertaining story about the personal experience of writing my dissertation from this article. I have to disappoint them. This article is not entertaining. I want to share my bitter experience and give a wise lesson for you not to follow the wrong tracks.
As all the others do, I started work on my dissertation with choosing a topic. Actually, at this stage I made the worst mistake ever: I chose the wrong topic for my dissertation. Actually, I just chose the topic my supervisor insisted on. Do you want to know the negative results it yielded?
- Every day was like hell for me. There was a constant struggle between my soul and mind. My dissertation was just waiting for inspiration to come to me, but it did not even think of showing up;
- Whatever I wrote, the supervisor criticized my dissertation. What would you think about your personal abilities if someone constantly criticized your work? Thus, my dissertation was the main reason why my self-esteem reduced;
- I used to put off my dissertation. Thus, while the others were half the way, one-third of my dissertation was hardly completed.
A crucial point came several months before the deadline. At that moment, I decided to change the topic of my dissertation.
Someone may criticize me for that. Still, I do not regret about that decision.
Due to the topic that I chose BY MYSELF, I got a real desire to research, make personal assumptions, analyze and draw conclusions in my dissertation. The lesson I have withdrawn is that if you are not motivated, you will never make your project perfectly.
So, do not agree to investigate the topic imposed by your supervisor! Follow the call of your heart!
On the weblog of our site, you can also read about past dissertations and ideas for writing a dissertation on different subjects.
