Monday, September 18, 2006
discussion on my thesis discussion
Last week I finally finished the first draft of the introduction and handed it to Rosie. I am still not very happy with it but at least it is a start and I'll work from that.
I think that I have a problem to make a distinction between important stuff and details. Additionally, I find it really hard to make up a story that is interesting and easy-to-follow (than again, maybe science is not supposed to be told in an interesting way?). They say it comes with time and practice, but I do not have either.
Today I started working on the discussion section. I made a very rough outline and realized that I 'll have quite a bit of reading to do to be able to propose the regulation of sxy gene. I have some ideas how to organize this section and what kind of arguments to make.
Tomorrow is my turn to give a lab talk, so I'll have a busy night preparing the presentation on my discussion (which I still do not have). I am kind of looking forward the presentation, hoping that I'll get feedback that will improve my analysis and give me new ideas.
I think that I have a problem to make a distinction between important stuff and details. Additionally, I find it really hard to make up a story that is interesting and easy-to-follow (than again, maybe science is not supposed to be told in an interesting way?). They say it comes with time and practice, but I do not have either.
Today I started working on the discussion section. I made a very rough outline and realized that I 'll have quite a bit of reading to do to be able to propose the regulation of sxy gene. I have some ideas how to organize this section and what kind of arguments to make.
Tomorrow is my turn to give a lab talk, so I'll have a busy night preparing the presentation on my discussion (which I still do not have). I am kind of looking forward the presentation, hoping that I'll get feedback that will improve my analysis and give me new ideas.
# posted by Okapia Johnstoni @ 6:22 PM 
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I thought your presentation today was great. And very interesting.
I wonder if people are ever really happy with what they've written, especially for theses. I was never happy with mine and it takes me a lot to be happy with publications.
I wonder if people are ever really happy with what they've written, especially for theses. I was never happy with mine and it takes me a lot to be happy with publications.
I liked my thesis about a year after my PhD viva - I read it back and thought "oooh", whereas at the time I thought it was useless. I don't know whether it was any good or not, but my point is that you aren't able to look at it at all sensibly when you are writing it; that's why you have to show it to other people and then they can tell you it is great.
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