Thesis Proposal: Part V – Meeting Notes & Abstract 3

I just realized that I forgot to mention one of the biggest rules that my advisor gave me for the abstracts: they had to be under 250 words.  I was to treat them like I would a conference proposal.  That is terminology and logic I could understand, so I tried that.  The word limit made...

Thesis Proposal: Part III – Abstract 1

It was around the writing of the last attempt that I mentioned to my advisor that I had no idea what I was doing.  I also revealed how I write. If someone else were to watch me engage in my natural writing style, they would think I was a lazy procrastinator.  However, this couldn't be...

Thesis Proposal: Part II

I'm gonna do Roman Numerals for the titles because I think that would be cool! I wrote this one on September 7 and I had absolutely no idea how to write this at all.  My advisor has a very specific style of thesis proposal that I was trying to mimic, but the first few paragraphs...

As Promised: Thesis Proposal Part 1

This is the proposal that I wrote last semester (Spring, 2015) for my Research Methods class.  At the time that I wrote this, my thesis was still going to solely look at Theory of Mind.  I wasn't happy with this draft, but it fulfilled the expectations of the class assignment that we write our proposal....

Thesis Proposal Finally Submitted

I have finally finished and submitted my proposal to my committee.  So, as I promised, over the next few weeks (because there are quite a few of them), I will be publishing the drafts of my proposal starting tomorrow. I am probably going to reflect on things as well because this last week has not...

This Process is exhausting

So, for the month that I was gone, I was writing draft after draft of my thesis proposal.  There were things that didn't work in each, so I would cut it down. Once my thesis proposal is approved by my advisor and we are about to schedule the meeting, I plan on beginning to post...

THIS IS IT! My introduction to my Thesis Proposal (For now)

As of right now, this is my proposal introduction and I think I am quite pleased with it.  Tomorrow, I am going to work out how I could possibly see my thesis working plot-wise (Because my thesis advisor really wants me to look at my thesis as a story). The subject of my thesis is how...

Thesis Proposal Introduction – Attempt 2

Okay, so I don't know why I didn't like yesterday's proposal intro, but I just didn't quite like it.  Here's my second attempt at making a proposal based on a rewrite of the abstract. I think one of the main things that I didn't like about yesterday's attempt was that it ends on a really depressing...

Thesis Proposal Introduction – Attempt 1

It is time, the Walrus said, to write the proposal...okay, so no walrus actually said that and that's not even how the quote goes.  But here is my first attempt at writing the intro to my proposal. Abstract Autism Speaks is the self-described “world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization.”  However, looking further into their...