REFLECTION ON A STRUCTURE – BLOG ENTRY JANUARY 08

REFLECTION ON A STRUCTURE – BLOG ENTRY JANUARY 08

This is my first attempt at a structure for my reading literature review. I am particularly interested to see how much of this remains unchanged by the time the final draft of this paper is completed. Despite the fact that this is a draft, a work in progress, getting a robust structure in place early on is incredibly useful. Not only does a structure such as this provide a way of organizing the writing, it also allows the writer to consider and reflect on their overarching argument. By considering from the outset what the key argument informing the writing is, it can offer a well developed, cohesive final text.

The next step I intend to take on this literature review is the introduction, which I hope will develop further my key aims for this paper. More often than not I tend to do the introduction last – that way it writes itself. However, in the interests of the literature review being slightly neater, I’ve decided to attempt to start with the introduction and run chronologically through the work. Despite this attempt, I suspect there will be lots of gaps as it will only be at the end of the process when I can really finish this.

Fellow bloggers, any comments or questions about the structure so far would be greatly appreciated!