Recent content by Melissa

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. The second draft was too evidence-heavy. Quotes everywhere. No interpretation. The third draft was a...

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. The other two think it's fine as is. Who do I listen to? My advisor said: "You can't please everyone. Focus on the feedback that...

I'm in year six of my PhD. I've been "writing" my dissertation for three of those years. In quotes because most days I just rearranged paragraphs and cried. My advisor kept saying "just send me something." I couldn't. I was stuck. Completely frozen. Then a friend — someone who finished two years...