Hello, my friend,

 It’s Maria.

One of the most frequent answers to my question “What’s your biggest challenge when it comes to dissertation writing?” is “piecing together” different parts of dissertation, organizing chapters, and combining different experiments in a logical way.

If you struggle with building logic and tying together different chapters or essays that your dissertation is comprised of, then you need to clarify your research goal and your message.

How do you do that?

Well, what is your main research question? What kind of problem are you trying to solve with your dissertation? And what is your major “why”?

Start with the issue or problem leading to a need for your research. Why does this specific study need to be conducted? What contribution will your dissertation make to resolving this issue? Who will benefit from your study and in what way?

This could be a real-life problem, a deficiency in literature on your topic, or a need to explore a certai...