Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article PDF

Rating: (16 reviews) Author: Howard S. Becker ISBN : 9780226041070 New from $362.90 Format: PDF

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An examination of the moral and emotional problems at the root of bad writing.

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• Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing
• Hardcover: 180 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx) (March 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226041077
• ISBN-13: 978-0226041070
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces

Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article PDF

Starting Chapter 1 of my dissertation proposal scared the living daylights out of me. Where to start? How much do I need to research and read before I actually start writing? And then there is the never-ending "Here's just one more article/book/website I need to read/investigate before I can even start *thinking* about writing" refrain...

Becker, in a very straight-forward and humorous manner, gets you going. He lets you know the absolute fear you are feeling is perfectly normal and that the first draft is just that - a first draft. It doesn't have to be perfect; in fact it *shouldn't* be perfect. After reading this book, I simply sat down and started writing. I didn't worry about punctuation or sentence structure, I just wrote. Some of it ended up in the trash, but much of what I wrote on the first go-around was molded into some very good work.

Thanks to Howard Becker I think I might actual graduate!

By L. Ralston

Having read a bunch of books on the topic of doing your thesis, I was a bit desperate since none of them seemed to offer really practical advices on how to tackle the problem of starting to write. I got lost in "how to read and write a literature review" and "how to talk to your committee members", and only when I start reading Becker's book I found this seemingly crazy but increadibly fine advice: sit down and write - just about everything that comes into your mind. If you get stuck, put it down. Your first draft will be much of a weird writing, but only through materializing it you will be able to make further steps forward. I've read this book in less than two days and have brightened my view of this huge task in front of me. The only redundant thing is the chapter on using the computer, since it became a usual stuff since this book was published. Everything else is a true confidence booster!

By "kvisnar"