{"id":541,"date":"2012-03-24T15:54:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T15:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/historyblog\/?p=541"},"modified":"2012-03-24T15:54:22","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T15:54:22","slug":"reflections-on-the-writing-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/historyblog\/2012\/03\/24\/reflections-on-the-writing-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on the Writing Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Joseph Laws (Class of 2012)
\n“Just to recap: I am writing a Senior history thesis on the Connecticut colonization movement to Liberia before the Civil War. My advisers are Professor Gac (first reader) and Professor Markle (second reader). The thesis is a culmination of a year long project, and will end up being between 80 to 100 pages! Progress on the thesis has been going well. Although I have done A LOT of research, it still seems like there is A LOT left to do. I have about 60 pages in draft right now. And, I only have a handful of research trips left to make. This week I met with both my thesis advisers to update them on my progress and get their input on what I have written thus far. On Monday, Professor Gac and I went out to lunch at The Kitchen, a restaurant at Billings Forge. On Thursday, Professor Markle and I had breakfast in Mather. Thus far, I have written about race relations in antebellum Connecticut, the Colonization vs. Anti-slavery debate, and the experience of blacks from Connecticut while they are in Liberia. I still have some more sections to write about, including the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law. AND then, a swarm of REWRITES! Rewriting is where I plan to make sure the thesis has a coherent thread, argument, and narrative structure. After rewrites, there will be a couple of rounds of editing. Then, poof! Thesis will be done.”<\/p>\n

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