Almost all of us even if we don't do it consciously look early in an essay for a one- or two-sentence condensation of the argument or analysis that is to follow. We refer to that condensation as a thesis statement.

Writing a thesis / dissertation takes much time, which is why it is recommended to organize your work straightforward from the very beginning. Here are some recommendations: - You should keep careful notes about your work. Even if some of the notions and ideas seem waste, you should reconsider them later and your notes will be helpful at this point. - As soon as you have printed a draft of a chapter you will understand that some changes are necessary. The second draft will be surely also changed. So after some time you will inevitably face the problem of sorting out which of the drafts is the latest one. The best solution is to print each draft of your dissertation / thesis on a different color paper.

Before writing a thesis /dissertation you will have to trash over a great number of materials for your research. You should start your work with the Thinking stage during which you take your time to debate different ideas for your future research project in your mind. Your second step is writing down all the ideas even if they seem to be absurd and unworthy at first. When you look at them later, you may change your mind. Naturally, what you have to do next is to select those ideas that you??™d like to develop in your work.