Writing up

yes, lately ni.. mmg bnyk supervisor suruh buat writing ups..
1. start writing up your chapter.. you've got your pilot study as 1 chapter, and your Experiment 1 as another chapter... and at the same time.. you can already start bit by bit.. to write up your lit chapter...
2. write up as if you're submitting a paper.. yes.. do write up as if... which is really2 good..

i've just completed writing up a conference paper for this CogSci conference.. alhamdullillah, i've submitted the paper, last saturday..

it was not a great success to me.. i don't feel that good about it.. i tried my best to write.. according to what i thought was best, but it wasn't good enough for SV. But, he never gave up in asking me to correct and modify as we go along..

towards the end of it, i nearly gave up. It seems like, i couldn't really find the best way to write it.. i kept on repeating my same mistake... like..
1. explaining lit review too general...
2. i'm just quoting researcher's findings, but i did not critically explained them..
3. i've always been to general on everything.
4. i've got to be more careful with the choice of words...
5. my explanations are vague..

SV said that, I've got to be more:
1. PRECISE
2. CONCISE, &
3. CLEAR
on all things that I want to explain. Make the sentence short, but gives the exact meaning.

I've got to also always think of what reader my think... so again, he would remind me of:
1. refer again to the flower's book - on Problem Solving Strategies for Writing.
- A very good book in guiding how to best write.. Issue tree, economically editing, etc...

so, i guess that's about it, that I can share with you.. its my first time writing a paper for a conference, and I'm really looking forward to it..

A motivation for myself.. PhD is a process of learning.. writing academically is not easily obtained.. everybody learns it.. and through time and practices, I will get to it, like SV does... So, just believe in yourself and keep more practising!!!

Well done for now...