Eek and phew!
Sup has sent my abstract back that I sent him, is done to the final edit. So, I have an abstract to hand in! How exciting!
He also scanned and sent me every page of chapter one with his (many, many) comments, question marks and crossings outs on them. How kind is that? He wants it fixed by the end of the week; thank the LORD for childcare. I will be up and at this asap tomorrow and will work my socks off tom, weds, thurs to get it done as I need to send it by the end of the week. Then hopefully that might mean a chapter down? Dunno, I have to sort out the lit review (again, again, again) and structure it properly so no doubt it will still be shite. He is sending the rest of the manuscript in the post...
The emails from my sup about it all were warmer so am feeling like less of a twat, am ready to get on with it! (tomorrow!) Is lovely working from suggestions and help in this chapter as I have no bloody idea what to do with an intro tbh. He is apparently on a warpath for scholarly rigour and is taking him AGES to go through it. Oh dear.
Though, to be fair (I have to find positive points - if my confidence goes at this late stage I would be buggered!) this is the first and only time Sup has stepped in to firmly direct me and it does need some shaping up from someone wise. I don't think anyone can really write a PhD thesis all by themselves can they? Like, for instance, I really didn't know that all footnotes have to start from number '1' on each chapter, or that it should be double spaced, or that titles need to be in capitals. Or that 'British' should be 'UK'... And I can't see where I have forgotton to explain bits because to me it is obvious!
At least my writing hasn't be ripped apart yet like it was about three days before I was meant to hand in my MA dissertation (it was 'grotesque'!)
All round happier and excited about getting closer to getting this fecker FINISHED!
laters yo.
x J
Sup has sent my abstract back that I sent him, is done to the final edit. So, I have an abstract to hand in! How exciting!
He also scanned and sent me every page of chapter one with his (many, many) comments, question marks and crossings outs on them. How kind is that? He wants it fixed by the end of the week; thank the LORD for childcare. I will be up and at this asap tomorrow and will work my socks off tom, weds, thurs to get it done as I need to send it by the end of the week. Then hopefully that might mean a chapter down? Dunno, I have to sort out the lit review (again, again, again) and structure it properly so no doubt it will still be shite. He is sending the rest of the manuscript in the post...
The emails from my sup about it all were warmer so am feeling like less of a twat, am ready to get on with it! (tomorrow!) Is lovely working from suggestions and help in this chapter as I have no bloody idea what to do with an intro tbh. He is apparently on a warpath for scholarly rigour and is taking him AGES to go through it. Oh dear.
Though, to be fair (I have to find positive points - if my confidence goes at this late stage I would be buggered!) this is the first and only time Sup has stepped in to firmly direct me and it does need some shaping up from someone wise. I don't think anyone can really write a PhD thesis all by themselves can they? Like, for instance, I really didn't know that all footnotes have to start from number '1' on each chapter, or that it should be double spaced, or that titles need to be in capitals. Or that 'British' should be 'UK'... And I can't see where I have forgotton to explain bits because to me it is obvious!
At least my writing hasn't be ripped apart yet like it was about three days before I was meant to hand in my MA dissertation (it was 'grotesque'!)
All round happier and excited about getting closer to getting this fecker FINISHED!
laters yo.
x J
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