Help me plan and manage my dissertation or thesis from start to finish.
Degree: [UNDERGRADUATE / MASTERS / PHD]
Subject area: [YOUR FIELD]
Topic (if chosen): [YOUR TOPIC OR "HELP ME CHOOSE"]
Word count: [TARGET]
Deadline: [DATE]
Current stage: [NOT STARTED / PROPOSAL / RESEARCH / WRITING / EDITING]
Provide:
1. **Topic Refinement**: Help me narrow my topic into a focused, manageable research question
2. **Project Timeline**: A backward-planned schedule from deadline to now with milestones
3. **Literature Review Plan**: How to systematically find and organise sources
4. **Methodology Guide**: Help me choose and justify my research approach
5. **Chapter Structure**: Outline of each chapter with what to include and approximate word counts
6. **Writing Schedule**: How to break the writing into daily/weekly targets
7. **Supervisor Management**: How to prepare for and get the most from supervision meetings
8. **Writer's Block Protocol**: What to do when I'm stuck (and I will get stuck)
9. **Editing Process**: How to revise and improve drafts systematically
10. **Submission Checklist**: Formatting, binding, appendices, declaration — everything before I submit
Help me plan and manage my dissertation or thesis from start to finish.
Degree: [UNDERGRADUATE / MASTERS / PHD]
Subject area: [YOUR FIELD]
Topic (if chosen): [YOUR TOPIC OR "HELP ME CHOOSE"]
Word count: [TARGET]
Deadline: [DATE]
Current stage: [NOT STARTED / PROPOSAL / RESEARCH / WRITING / EDITING]
Provide:
1. **Topic Refinement**: Help me narrow my topic into a focused, manageable research question
2. **Project Timeline**: A backward-planned schedule from deadline to now with milestones
3. **Literature Review Plan**: How to systematically find and organise sources
4. **Methodology Guide**: Help me choose and justify my research approach
5. **Chapter Structure**: Outline of each chapter with what to include and approximate word counts
6. **Writing Schedule**: How to break the writing into daily/weekly targets
7. **Supervisor Management**: How to prepare for and get the most from supervision meetings
8. **Writer's Block Protocol**: What to do when I'm stuck (and I will get stuck)
9. **Editing Process**: How to revise and improve drafts systematically
10. **Submission Checklist**: Formatting, binding, appendices, declaration — everything before I submit
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