1. Humanities Graduate Research Workshop Writing your Thesis Having a Story

2. Humanities Graduate Research Workshop 2 WRITING THESIS STORY

3. Humanities Graduate Research Workshop 3 WRITING = LITERATURE THESIS = GENRE STORY = NARRATIVE

4. Humanities Graduate Research Workshop 4 “WRITING” APPLIES BOTH TO: Traditional Masters/PhD Thesis Masters/Doctorate Creative Arts Exegesis

5. Humanities Graduate Research Workshop 5 DELIMITING THE FIELD THAT MOST DREADFUL QUESTION: What is your thesis about?

6. Humanities Graduate Research Workshop 6 WRITING STYLE 1 Traditional Academic Creative Experimental

7. Humanities Graduate Research Workshop 7 WRITING STYLE 2 Traditional Academic Writing Linear Cause-Effect Driven by Argument

8. Humanities Graduate Research Workshop 8 WRITING STYLE 3 Creative Experimental

9. Humanities Graduate Research Workshop 9 WRITING STYLE 4 Academic/Creative Field Vocabulary Key debates/concepts Key voices Original Contribution

10. Humanities Graduate Research Workshop 10 A STRONG NARRATIVE 1 Research Competence Academic Rigour/Record Keeping Clarity of Explanation Convincing Argument Awareness of Counter-Arguments Confident Personal Voice Originality

11. Humanities Graduate Research Workshop 11 A STRONG NARRATIVE 2 What holds the bits and chunks together? Sequence of Contents within Chapter Sequence of Chapters Themes, symbols, signposts, maps A strong authorial voice