Writing a dissertation is a very long process which can take up to a year to be finished. So it is very important to make a good start since every further step you take will depend on whether you’ve made good decisions in the beginning. Although you will have enough time to deal with this task, you really shouldn’t put it off. You had better get down to business right now to have an opportunity to edit or rewrite the parts you consider to be weak and dissatisfying.

Due to the fact that you will have work on the same task for a pretty long period of time, you really need to pick a topic you are interested in and won’t be sick and tired of throughout the whole process of research and writing. Trying to recollect everything you have learned before can be a good idea. Write down your preferable dissertation topics and then specify the one you will be working on. Narrow down a broad topic to a specific problem you would like to research in your dissertation. Make sure there is enough information available to you in order to use for research. The last thing you want to do is to be disappointed with a topic you’ve chosen after a long period of time working on it. So, you had better consider all advantages and disadvantages right in the beginning. Continue reading →