Recent content by Clarisse

Chapter three nearly broke me. I wrote it four times. Four complete drafts. Each time, I deleted everything and started over. 💀 The first draft was too theoretical. No evidence. Just me thinking on the page. The second draft was too evidence-heavy. Quotes everywhere. No interpretation. The...

I'm in year five. I hate my dissertation. I think it's boring. I think my research question is stupid. I think my committee is just being nice when they say it's fine. 😞 I haven't written anything in six weeks. I open my laptop. I stare at the cursor. I close my laptop. My therapist says...

I sent my dissertation chapter to my committee. Two members loved it. One hated it. The one who hated it wants major revisions — like, rewrite the whole chapter revisions. The other two think it's fine as is. 😵 Who do I listen to? My advisor (one of the ones who liked it) said: "You can't...