1. Writing it up … … the process of organising material and putting it into a coherent and well-argued whole

2. writing to a deadline knowing the kind of thing you’re writing (knowing the nature of the beast) writing, and writing up writing as you go along the management and storage of your data Bibliography

3. By planning and organising your research and reading, you are also planning and organising your writing Over the next couple of weeks What are the main questions I want to address? What kind of answers am I looking for? What sources and resources will I need? (libraries, archives, data-bases, film, interviews, deposited oral-history transcripts, staff expertise, fellow students ) Am I really interested enough in the questions and the answers to sustain my study over a prolonged period of time?

4. By the end of the autumn term I will be able to say something about the purposes (or objectives ) of my research I will be able to write a brief description, or outline plan of my research I will have a (provisional) title for my dissertation

5. Spring term … Make an outline plan of the dissertation (draft a Contents page) Introduction … what will be in this? Section 1... Section 2 … Section 3 … Section 4 … Conclusion … and what will be in this?

6. Half way through the Spring Term Draft an introduction, or a discussion of existing work on the topic (the `historiography’ of the topic, or `survey of the literature’ Observe yourself as a writer Footnote at this stage (second-draft stage of this piece of writing) Proof-read this piece. Print it out to proof-read. Find a reader.

7. End of spring term … Finish any archive research; complete your notes on primary sources material and library material Spend a day or two with your files. Recategorise material that needs it. Start to prepare your `writing space’

8. Easter vacation A timetable for writing (up) your dissertation (and writing other things) Last minute library and archive work is fine Write (word-process) in the format in which you will be presenting your work

9. Towards the end … which is …28 th April 2014 On-going proof reading and copy-editing Reading your own work with a stranger’s eyes The universal truth about printers and printing out

10. Historia or, Clio, the Muse of History FINIS