I sat down in a bit of a daze but am working ok now :)
I am onto my theory chapter. It seems ok to edit, though there are three sticking points Sup seems to be cross about which are: my tendencies to repeat phrasing ('this research shows that...', 'The thesis draws from...' - research can't show apparently and STOP saying it anyway); be rather polemical without backing my point up (just need to tone down over-excitable phrasing); and I haven't referenced my points enough. This latter point is very odd for me. I think I wrote this chapter roughly and didn't want to get too bogged down in detail before getting the ok to carry on. However, I know the section he refers to and that particular bit of theory I have under-researched and was hoping to wing it. I just hope I can reference it properly with the meagre info I have! Honestly, who uses a theory they don't really understand?! I understand the main points but not the nuances. Eek.
So I am worried about that latter issue but in the main I would be very happy if I got this chapter done today. Am on pins a bit as I have a shopping delivery coming soon (I get nervous sometimes because I am shy! and you have to chat!) and then Sup wants to ring, and I am waiting to hear back about the concl chapter.
Am generally quite nervy today and just have to keep telling myself that it is ok, that I am polishing and everything I am doing is hopefully for nearly the last time... Actually, I think it is because I know this that I am nervy! Am waiting for someone to ruin my dream that I might finish soon, quite comfortably, and make me work day and night and cry a lot. Sup is my rumplestiltskin! (Poor Sup).
Good news tho, Bean's cough has miraculously vanished and he slept all last night so I am hoping this means he just has the most pedestrian of colds and NOT whooping cough!
x J
I am onto my theory chapter. It seems ok to edit, though there are three sticking points Sup seems to be cross about which are: my tendencies to repeat phrasing ('this research shows that...', 'The thesis draws from...' - research can't show apparently and STOP saying it anyway); be rather polemical without backing my point up (just need to tone down over-excitable phrasing); and I haven't referenced my points enough. This latter point is very odd for me. I think I wrote this chapter roughly and didn't want to get too bogged down in detail before getting the ok to carry on. However, I know the section he refers to and that particular bit of theory I have under-researched and was hoping to wing it. I just hope I can reference it properly with the meagre info I have! Honestly, who uses a theory they don't really understand?! I understand the main points but not the nuances. Eek.
So I am worried about that latter issue but in the main I would be very happy if I got this chapter done today. Am on pins a bit as I have a shopping delivery coming soon (I get nervous sometimes because I am shy! and you have to chat!) and then Sup wants to ring, and I am waiting to hear back about the concl chapter.
Am generally quite nervy today and just have to keep telling myself that it is ok, that I am polishing and everything I am doing is hopefully for nearly the last time... Actually, I think it is because I know this that I am nervy! Am waiting for someone to ruin my dream that I might finish soon, quite comfortably, and make me work day and night and cry a lot. Sup is my rumplestiltskin! (Poor Sup).
Good news tho, Bean's cough has miraculously vanished and he slept all last night so I am hoping this means he just has the most pedestrian of colds and NOT whooping cough!
x J
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