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Struggling with finishing my dissertation

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QuestionableMouse · 22/04/2020 15:19

It's 75% done. Just need to finish the commentary, do the referencing and format it all. (8000 words of creative writing is plus a 2k critical commentary.)

I just can't get any enthusiasm for it and I'm finding it a huge struggle. It's due in the second week of May so I have a bit of time but every time I look at it I want to cry.

The creative writing bit is fine but I have no idea what I'm meant to be putting in the commentary. It was never really taught to us and I'd been pushing for a lecture on it before everywhere closed. It's mostly done but I have no idea if it's any good (which is the root of the matter - I don't know if it's right so I don't want to work on it.)

Kick up the bum please?

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StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 22/04/2020 16:32

Email your tutor and ask for guidance. Can you see previous dissertations anywhere?

Pick one task and make yourself do half an hour. Visualise whatever is stopping you as a cushion and sit on it.

QuestionableMouse · 23/04/2020 14:17

I did email before posting this but I've had no response yet. I've given myself a bit of a break this morning and I'll get back to it shortly. Thank you

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hoplittlebunnyhop · 23/04/2020 15:26

Is the commentary a referenced reflection (one tutor calls it commentary when he really
Means a reflection with references back to the theory) on how you’ll implement the research into practice ?

QuestionableMouse · 23/04/2020 16:16

It's not research based. I had to submit a 8000 word portfolio of (creative) writing and then produce a 2k commentary on what I've written.

But we've had no guidance on what it should include or how it should be formatted so I'm struggling.

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Batqueen · 23/04/2020 16:25

Is the commentary like a personal reflective essay? This is often part of a dissertation

Rollergirl11 · 23/04/2020 16:28

You might be better off posting in the Higher Education forum?

Also might be worth checking out The Student Room website, they have a shedload of information and a very busy forum.

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