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111 items that should not make a dissertation

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A list of items that should not be found in a scholarly dissertation. A tool to break writer's block and finish dissertations.

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111items that should not make a dissertation

for entertainment only

useless, yet potential defense saving advice

for student writers and those who love them

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Created 2012

by Tom Curtis

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Presentations: www.slideshare.net/onimproving 

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @onimproving

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for 2 Brothers finishing such scholarly writing

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Ads

Mad Libs

Dot to Dots

Deleted Passages

A New Afterword

Self quotes

the phrase “Intelligent people will find”

“To be continued” as the final words

A retro diskette

Pop ups

“You are here” map

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Choose your own adventure option

Shopping lists

Knock knock jokes

Guest authors

Scriptio continua

Scrambled Words

First Draft Edition

“Cliff notes”

Emoticons

3rd person self references

Certificate for Completion

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Reading group guide

Comic strips

Favorite song lyrics

Phrase “due to restricted time”

Pages for origami

Most highlighted passages

“Space for rent” section

Autograph

Collector cards

A flannel board

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Certificate of Authenticity

Box Scores

Coupons

Horoscopes

Autograph Section

Perforated pages

Business cards

Guidelines for care

Lemon juice writing

Phrase “Where should I begin”

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Undecoded section

Bonus content

Phrase “Now to change it up”

Phrase “To be determined” as ending

Phrase “Right minded thinkers will agree with me that”

Pig Latin

Find the misspelling contest

Paper dolls

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Phrase “and now for something really special”

A soundtrack

Air freshener

Pull out menu

Hidden text

Opening flaps

Membership card

Want ads

Wingdings

Vinyl Audio Edition

Temporary Tattoo

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Fan mail

Chapter quizzes

Special offers

Coloring pages

Commemorative bookmark

Shout outs

Blooper reel

Phrase “in any event”

Phrase “not that it changes the price of beans but”

Phrase “but I digress”

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Comments section

Works not sited section of Bibliography

Scratch ‘n’ sniff

Paid endorsements

Correction tracking

Phrase “where was I”

A note from Mom

Anagrams

Sudoko

Translator’s note

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Phrase “If I have said it once, I have said it a thousand times”

Phrase “Well, what do you think?”

Reader rewrite exercises

Phrase “If it were me”

Subscription cards

3D glasses

Stream of Consciousness

Scratch paper

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Self selected “Greatest Hits”

Kleenex

Food Stains

Color by number diagrams

Phrase “In my humble opinion”

Post it Notes

Pleas for mercy

Paid content Restricted Access Section

A pen name

Recipes

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Fill in the blanks

Matching questions

Suggestion cards

Edible cover

Beginner’s guide

8X10 Author Glossy & Media Packet

Reader poll

T-shirt offer

Iron on

Stickers

Raffle ticket

Collages

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