I recently had a whole week to work on my dissertation. Each day I wrote my
\nthoughts at the beginning of the day and a short To Do list. I thought I would
\nshare as it is a small glimpse into the process of writing a large scholarly
\nwork.<\/p>\n
Today I worked on
\n – flow and structure of Chapter 1, part 2.
\n – take out all of the passive voice in chapter 1, part 2, and parts of the
\n Introduction.
\n – Export parts of the Intro and Chapter 1 to Word document to send to
\n committee.<\/p>\n
Didn’t finish going through:
\n – flow and narrative of Research Question and Argument sections of the
\n Introduction.
\n – flow and argument of Chapter 1, part 2, to see if it fits section
\n conclusion.<\/p>\n
I should read through the chapters about the prisoners to see if they actually
\nuphold my new argument…<\/p>\n
To do today:
\n – Read Introduction for flow and narrative. Check for grammar, argument, etc.
\n – Read Chapter 1, part 2 for flow, narrative, grammar, and to see if it fits
\n the conclusion of that section.
\n – Format and send it to committee.<\/p>\n
Need to research:
\n – which historians argue that “Vernichtung durch Arbeit” was selectively
\n applied, and which do not.<\/p>\n
Maybe I should just roll Chapter 1, part 1 into part 2 and not have parts.<\/p>\n
To do today:
\n – Read through Koel book on history of the SS.
\n – Start reading Langerich’s biography of Himmler (decided to get the English
\n version for the sake of time).
\n – Read through Chapter 3 to see if my new argument is supported
\n – Notes while reading:
\n – Clarrify argument for the chapter and rewrite the chapter introduction.
\n – Use available works about the Neuengamme KL when discussing the
\n Neuengamme KL
\n – Address the vast literature about the Holocaust and KL research. Put
\n the most important in a big footnote.
\n – Passive voice should be removed!
\n – Prison Infirmary section: Add wordage that talks about how the SS did
\n not care for the inmates and wanted them to die.
\n – Technical writing point: Add @<\/code> to the end of the Zotero source when
\n citing multiple sources. Then in Word, search for '.@'<\/code> and replace with
\n ','<\/code>.<\/p>\nThursday, July 14, 2016<\/h2>\n