Dear blank page,
Hello old friend, I have missed you not. And yet, here you are, patiently waiting for me. I must confess, I have been neglecting you. But the inescapable pressure of deadlines has brought me back in front of you.
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Tag: Thesis
(un)Blank pages .3
Strong beginnings and meaningful ends.
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(un)Blank pages .2
“A white blank page… and a swelling rage… rage”. Sometimes all you need is a quote. This one is from a song, but it could really be anything. This is basically how I keep white blank pages at bay: keeping notes.
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(un)Blank pages .1
This is a sentence. And this is no longer a blank page. And just like that, I started writing. Why am I doing this? Who am I doing this for? That is hardly relevant, but if you must know, I am doing this for me, and I am doing this just to exercise the muscles of writing. I’ve just started the process of ending my thesis, or in other, better words, writing up. So I must write.
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A thesis template in Word
It’s been *checks calendar* over four years since I started my PhD, which means it is time for me to start writing up my thesis. Don’t get me wrong, I really like this part. I had a great time writing and putting the figures together for my MSc thesis. And one of the things I’ve enjoyed the most besides getting beautiful recordings from tiny midbrain neurons has been to write, edit, and revise abstracts and manuscripts before publication.
But here’s the thing. I am the kind of person that keeps pointing out how that figure is not *perfectly* aligned. I’m also the kind of person that takes courses on “Designing Academic Presentations” and “Writing Compelling Abstracts” and takes notes on how great and effective the slides and figures of that seminar were. So one thing I knew for sure was that I wanted my thesis to look good. To have a nice-looking typographical style. And this inevitably took me to LaTeX. So yes, I ended up taking a course on “Using LaTeX for Academic Writing” too.
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