I have been having a lot of thoughts about my thesis, but have not been writing them down. This is one my my curses, but I think that when I sit back down at my computer with my document, thoughts will come back to be after some prodding.
I met with two of my advisers this week about my draft. Liz’s feedback was to push harder on my thesis statement to make it specific and to work on making the top of the hourglass flow better. She also mentioned that my methodology section felt a little abrupt, and that maybe making the heading smaller would make it less surprising. I think overhauling the top of the hourglass a little for flow and logical transitioning will be an important part of my revision.
One of my revision goals is to better match the bottom and the top of the hourglass and make sure that all the threads are, if not resolved, at least addressed. I think specifically working on the implications for the situated context is a task to dedicate a paragraph to. I might also move some of my stuff from the top to the bottom, or at least condense the top to make more sense.
My other revision goal is to clarify the middle. Though I’ve received feedback that it is relatively clear, I want to demonstrate better organization of my results and analysis, which are one. More tables and c-maps are in the works in order to really trace the themes, differences, and similarities between my three major works and the minor works that lend their specific insights. One of the implications is that I might revise the structure, or at least the heading titles.
In the meantime, I am working on revising/composing a first draft for my English honors thesis and reading some of the important literature I didn’t get to the first time around.