Master's Dissertation

[ptyx]

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[soliloquia]

*whistles* 80,000. That's a pretty long MA dissertation.

[ptyx]

I may be exaggerating! :)

[nakeisha]

That's a long dissertation!

Good luck with it.

[ptyx]

I may be exaggerating. We'll see!

Thank you, friend ♥

[magalud]

Any long journey starts with the smallest steps. Go for it!

[ptyx]

Yep. That's what I think, too :) Thanks.

[hambares]

many, many, many, many revisions :) But if anyone can get the job done, it is you dear!

[ptyx]

:) I hope you're right! Thanks ♥

[ap_aelfwine]

My, that's a long diss. I'm glad to hear that you're maybe exaggerating slightly. ;-)

A thousand words is a good start. I hope it goes very well.

[ptyx]

In Brazil we don't usually count words, but most dissertations have between 120-150 pages, which is probably about 30,000-40,000 words. I think mine will have more than 40,000 words, but yes, 80,000 is probably an exaggeration.

:-) Thanks!

[ap_aelfwine]

It's funny, actually--in American journalism and publishing, people count words, but in academia it tends to be pages. Personally I sort of like to use word counts, but I'm weird. ;-)

Here they usually ask for a thesis for one's masters, and it'd usually be forty to sixty pages. I suppose that's why you call them dissertations; they only ask for a diss here for the doctorate. I am very impressed, even if it is less than 80,000 words. ;-)

Most welcome, as always!

[ptyx]

Oh, how funny, it's the opposite here: we write Master's dissertations and doctoral theses! I'll post about that on my LJ and try to clarify things a bit.