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How to Write a Dissertation Proposal

It’s your third year in the doctoral program. You’ve taught like a god. You’ve written seminar papers that have made your teachers weep (in a good way). And you’ve logged more time on airplanes and in...

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3 Great Tips for APA Editing

  To borrow a trite analogy, learning to use APA [or any documentation style, for that matter] is like learning to ride a bicycle. Once you understand the mechanics, including how to shift, balance,...

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3 Tips for Success in Graduate School

DR. WILLIAM SAYS: Expect lots of reading and writing You may read a book per week per class, and have to discuss it in depth, or even turn in a paper each week. Learn the basics of how to dissect a...

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6 Motivational Tactics for Writing a Dissertation

The biggest lesson I learned while I was a doctoral student? Find out what motivates you. Here are 6 “motivators” I stuck on signs over my desk when I was in the throes of my doctoral dissertation: #1:...

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12 Ingredients of a Great Persuasive Essay, Argument, or Blog

#1 Make a Fabulous Claim You can’t write about the whole world in 1000 words, which is about the right length for a crisp essay or blog. So focus in on a fantastic thesis. Make a really strong...

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7 Essentials in Marketing Your Book

As a start-up entrepreneur, one of the many lessons I’ve learned in business is to start marketing your product as soon as possible, even before it is ready for customers. Marketing creates demand and...

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5 Keys to Loving Your Dissertation

I really didn’t have a topic for my dissertation as I finished my coursework. I knew that teaching was one of my strengths, but research was not. I had earned my teaching certification as an...

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7 Tips on Writing Concisely

Working on magazines for several years now, the most common complaint I hear from new writers is how short magazine articles are. Some actually complain at the word count, as if we might suddenly...

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100 Ways to Market Your Book

Check our comprehensive list of methods for promoting your book. We’ve included a wide array of initiatives so that, if you encounter one of these methods in your own research, you will have insight...

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Go To Edit911 for Blogs, Books, & White Papers!

I have stopped posting blogs, books, and white papers here because my business enjoys a great deal of traffic and the search engines frown upon duplicating content across multiple websites. So please...

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