"Authoring a PhD Thesis" involves the development of creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from your plans, upgrading your text, and finishing it speedily and to a good standard. It also includes being examined and getting your work published. This title provides a huge range of ideas and suggestions to help you cope with both the intellectual issues involved and the practical difficulties of organizing your work effectively. It is a useful and time-saving aid for doctoral students and their supervisors, and should also interest anyone writing creative non-fiction.

Preface - Becoming an Author - Envisioning the Thesis as a Whole - Planning an Integrated Thesis: The Macro-Structure - Organizing a Chapter or Paper: The Micro-Structure - Writing Clearly: Style and Referencing Issues - Developing your Text and Managing the Writing Process - Handling Attention Points: Data, Charts and Graphics - The End-Game: Finishing Your Doctorate - Publishing Your Research - Afterword - Glossary - Further Reading - References - Index