Acknowledgments xi // Introduction X111 // Beginning 3 // Writing Your Way In 5 // Developing Your Own Work Process 7 // Choosing a Topic 9 // Doing Research 15 // On Ownership 17 // About Maxims 18 // 2. Choosing an Advisor and a Committee 19 // Your Advisor 19 // Your Committee 23 // Using Your Advisor Well 24 // On Dissertation Paranoia 26 N // Troubles with Your Advisor 27 // 3. Getting Started Writing 32 // Thoughts on the Writing Process 32 // Using Behavioral Principles 36 // About Creating a Writing Addiction 38 // Freewriting and Making a Mess 40 // Setting Your Daily Writing Goal 44 // 4, From Zero to First Draft 49 // The Zero Draft 49 // The First Draft 51 // Getting to Your First Draft 51 // Asking Questions 52 // A Few Approaches to Writing a First Draft 54 // More Strategies for Working on Your First Draft 60 // 5. Getting to the Midpoint: Reviewing Your Process // and Your Progress 63 // Taking Stock of Your Dissertation 63 // Your Writing Process 65 // Your Writing Progress 70 // On Deadlines 72