Academic writing can be tough job if there is no one to help or you might afraid to ask help from your supervisor. Well, it isn’t that easy that you can learn overnight or not that hard that you can’t learn at all. Consistency and clear simple language clearly understandable to the reader is key of it. The ideas, answers, experimentation and results should be concise, reasonable and real to understand the value of conducting research of the problem.

The format of paper may vary from field to field but easy to remember guidelines are listed below that will gives summary of points that a scientific paper is comprises of.

1. Abstract

Abstract is important part of scientific papers of which is the summary of your methodology, outcomes, and purpose of conducting the study. Introductory lines address the issue and its importance, then few lines should be of how this study is conducted that comes in the part of materials and method, and then comes the part of your findings which should be clear and understandable so that people of other background can understand well It should be of concise and easy wording that grabs attention of reader and gives them idea of what and why this study is investigated.

2. Introduction

Introduction is the most interesting yet challenging part of paper or thesis. It is daunting task for the writers as it is time consuming and require efforts to structure your ideas. The main purpose of this section is that you need to highlight answers of all the question related to the problem and explain the gap in the study. It is often combined with literature review which gives detail research background of the issue which is previously conducted and methods to study it.

To summarize it, following points are important to keep in mind while writing introduction:

• You need to do thorough research on the problem and state answers related to it. This will make reader interest in it.
• Organize your thoughts and create a road map from broader perspective to narrowing down important point to mention.
• Establish linkage between the existing literature and purpose of conducting your research. State your hypothesis and add relevant argument in favor or against it.

3. Methodology

Methodology is the simple section of the paper which describe how a study is conducted. It is the part that test hypothesis or scientific claim by conducting experimentation. It should contain detail plan of experiments with full explanation of investigating a research problem and describing the materials, participants, parameters, and questions relevant to it.

The goals of this section are to convey the information and knowledge to recreate the experiment and get reproducible results. The information of method should be clear so that every person can understand and if want to replicate your experiments can easily do it.

4. Results

This section of paper represents the outcomes of your methodology that supports predicted results or not. The information should be displayed in good way such as in charts, figures, graphs, and any other representation that clearly explains the findings. Interpret the results in real way whether it supports your hypothesis or not. Don’t write directly instead explain the reason in statistical form.

5. Discussion

This part of section is often confused with conclusion and results but it differs in terms of interpretation of results. Relate your findings with your hypothesis and questions, that you mentioned in your literature review. Elaborate any limitation that you observe in conducting research.

6. Conclusion

Lastly, conclude your thesis paper succinctly summarizing your paper and outcomes of the research. Do not repeat anything from discussion section rather provide insight to future recommendation of the research and its significance.

Rejection doesn’t matter but everyone should know the art of writing which comes with experience. Thesis or dissertation is written to highlight a problem in society and giving a solution to it that will be practically implemented. If you are a beginner and looking for thesis or dissertation writing tips, then you are at right place. Being an expert in thesis writing, I will suggest you some steps that will help you in writing the thesis.

Step # 1: Start with methodology

Some students find easy to start with materials and methods. It consists of all the techniques and tools used for conducting research. This part highlight how and what type of research is, is it qualitative or quantitative? What parameters you have selected for study? How many participants you have covered while addressing the solution? so on.

Step # 2: Follows to result and Discussion

After methodology, I will recommend you to write results and discussion. They are often confused with each other however, there is clear distinction between them. Result section highlight the outcomes or findings of your experiment. The language needs to be simple and clear. You can use different charts, graphs, figures and other graphical representation to display the results.

Discussion is based on interpretation of your results in which you will discuss whether your results are in support of your hypothesis or not. The goal of this section is show limitation and future recommendation of the study.

Step # 3: Write the abstract

Abstract is the summary of all your thesis which includes few introductory lines of background knowledge of problem, summary of methodology, results and significance of conducting the study. A well-written abstract is necessary as reader is interested to get an idea of what, why and how research is conducted. Being able to know the background knowledge of the topic, you will be capable to write the abstract however, don’t finalize it. You must need to edit and recheck it again writing full thesis because it is important part of it.

Step # 4: Move to Introduction

Some people combine introduction with literature review while some not. Its may be your choice or requirement of university. Introduction section state the information of the topic, why this topic is selected and its significance. The goal of this part is to highlight the problem and questions related to it. More importantly, you need to write hypothesis at the end of the introduction in which the objective of study is explained. This part require citation so it should be written properly.

Step # 5: Literature review; a tough job

Literature review is often seeming to be difficult part of thesis or dissertation and yes, it is true. It is difficult but if you have strong skills in researching and brainstorming ideas then you don’t have to worry about. You can write it after or before introduction, that’s totally up to you. This section holds important relevancy in establishing the links between previous and current study and also to your hypothesis and questions with citation added in reference section.

Rules to follow

Now you have idea of how to write thesis or dissertation but some follows should be learn by heart to promptly go through things:

• Ask help from any senior or your supervisor to get feedback. Discussion opens new doors to see things from different perspective.
• Don’t finalize the written document first time. Edit and proofread again and again to make perfect master piece.
• Make sure to do in depth research and structure your ideas before starting to write.

Thesis: a door to research

Thesis is an academic paper where a student has to address a problem and invest his time and effort in finding the solution or inventing a new product to overcome it. It is necessary for both master and doctorate students to finish and submit thesis or dissertation respectively. Every department has their own criteria for thesis so better to check them before starting work on it.

Significance of thesis

Most of students consider thesis useless and futile because they thought it don’t have any practical implementation. Sometime, a thesis can be remained theoretical but if you really want to publish or implement your thesis then build a model to reach the audience and elaborate in interesting way that how much bigger the problem can be in future and actions must be taken to resolve it.

Now explore start up pack to work on thesis:

1. Choose your thesis topic

Writing a thesis is not a problem until and unless you have a very fascinating topic to discuss about. To engage your reader till the end, you need to select a topic that appeals to reader and should be trendy. Your topic should have following qualities to be consider it a thesis topic:

• It should be thought provoking.
• Offer new insight
• Have data available on it but some of its puzzle is yet to be resolved.
• Provide new opportunities
• Should be innovative and excited

2. Prepare your mind early

Being a master’s student, you have already prepared your mind to work on thesis and might have already start working on it. Still if you are beginner and unfamiliar of the research and thesis, they you should consider these points.

• Look for sample of template
• Ask senior, friend or supervisor to assist you in thesis
• Note down small details of experiment
• Don’t write everything in the thesis and don’t exclude important details. Keep a balance here.
• Know what your supervisor and committee expectations

3. Make a habit of reading

Working on thesis is not all about analysis and experimentation. You need to develop routine of reading papers and books. Thesis is all persuading your reader that hypothesis and opinion is strong enough to overpower previous researches. Good ideas can be circulating in your mind if you read and write. Note down the journal detail and save it for later use.

4. Good research skills

Search is done when you want to read superficially about a topic or glance a topic. But re-search is done when you read the topic in detail and comes up with your research problem. To solve this research problem, you need to develop a hypothesis or research questions which serves as a base to thesis. Researching those articles and books and building a bibliography will show that you have taken data from credible source.

5. Follow timetable

Thesis experimentation and write up is not done in month or a week. Plan a schedule where you can write your tasks on daily and monthly basis. Create small milestones that can be achievable. Also take rest and maintain a healthy lifestyle to stay on track.

6. Writing of thesis

When you are finish with reading, experimentation, and results, it is time to start write up. Thesis or dissertation consist of following chapters and each chapter exhibit different information

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Literature review
4. Method
5. Results
6. Discussion
7. Conclusion

Divide task of writing thesis in small section and write one or two pages daily. Don’t use complex language in write up and proofread it to omit any mistakes.