A Plan For No Corrections

Become a good writer.

Think carefully about the material for your thesis and how you might best present it.

Write your thesis.

Proofread your thesis carefully.

Ask for feedback from your supervisor or someone else you trust.

Rewrite based on your feedback and according to what you think is right.

Use a good spellcheck and read your work aloud to make sure that it makes sense.

Make final edits and submit your thesis.

All of which makes a good plan, but not a foolproof one. You can invest the time, follow the steps, be careful and still get corrections requested by your examiners at your viva.

You might misspell a word. You might forget something. There may be another way of looking at a situation.

And if that were the case you’ve not missed anything in your plan or in your effort. Writing is hard. Writing a thesis is really hard.

You’ve not done anything wrong. Your effort shines through. The corrections you’re asked to complete are simply one more round of effort to get your thesis as good as it can reasonably be.

The plan above is not one that leads to no corrections. The general points could help you write a good thesis for submission.

Happy writing!