Comments on: Training wheels off! http://www.christydena.com/2010/02/training-wheels-off/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:19:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christy Dena http://www.christydena.com/2010/02/training-wheels-off/comment-page-1/#comment-1690 Christy Dena Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:18:27 +0000 http://www.christydena.com/?p=2249#comment-1690 Hello Simone! Of course I remember you! Thank you so much for your kind words. I needed to hear that. :) It has been a tough but amazing last few years. I do also feel that it is time for things to come to fruition for me now. So I appreciate the supportive vision. :) But how about you? What are you doing? I've actually moved back to Melb now (but travel a lot still). I'll send you an email. :) Hello Simone! Of course I remember you! Thank you so much for your kind words. I needed to hear that. :) It has been a tough but amazing last few years. I do also feel that it is time for things to come to fruition for me now. So I appreciate the supportive vision. :) But how about you? What are you doing? I’ve actually moved back to Melb now (but travel a lot still). I’ll send you an email. :)

]]> By: simone http://www.christydena.com/2010/02/training-wheels-off/comment-page-1/#comment-1678 simone Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:04:06 +0000 http://www.christydena.com/?p=2249#comment-1678 Hi Christy, You are a wonderful person and a multi-talented writer. Above all you are a very sharing genius. I am confident that there is a huge demand for your ideas and you have done more than meeting the Good Luck (and God's will) at half-ways...I predict a golden year for you - this is the year when due to a simple project or minor event, by being yourself at the right time with the right people, you will land in a'position' that will allow you to give yourself at the maximum. Do you remember me, the organizer of Talk Fiction from Melbourne? I'd love to talk to you soon, I'm closer to Sydney than ever. best of all. Hi Christy,
You are a wonderful person and a multi-talented writer. Above all you are a very sharing genius. I am confident that there is a huge demand for your ideas and you have done more than meeting the Good Luck (and God’s will) at half-ways…I predict a golden year for you – this is the year when due to a simple project or minor event, by being yourself at the right time with the right people, you will land in a’position’ that will allow you to give yourself at the maximum. Do you remember me, the organizer of Talk Fiction from Melbourne? I’d love to talk to you soon, I’m closer to Sydney than ever. best of all.

]]> By: christy http://www.christydena.com/2010/02/training-wheels-off/comment-page-1/#comment-1651 christy Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:53:14 +0000 http://www.christydena.com/?p=2249#comment-1651 Hello Patrick! Yes, we did talk about the amount of research you have to leave out of your thesis. I'll be putting out my fav bits on this blog and in other places. But my comment in the part of my post you quoted was more about writing about things I didn't want to write about, and writing about things in a way I didn't want to write. Hello Patrick! Yes, we did talk about the amount of research you have to leave out of your thesis. I’ll be putting out my fav bits on this blog and in other places. But my comment in the part of my post you quoted was more about writing about things I didn’t want to write about, and writing about things in a way I didn’t want to write.

]]> By: William Patrick Wend http://www.christydena.com/2010/02/training-wheels-off/comment-page-1/#comment-1649 William Patrick Wend Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:40:16 +0000 http://www.christydena.com/?p=2249#comment-1649 <em>I saw a PhD as different to all other types of schooling. In my research-based approach, this meant I didn’t go to classes or had to recapitulate what I was taught. A PhD is meant to be about contributing original thought. But then something happened in my final few months of writing my PhD. I realised that I couldn’t write whatever I wanted. I was being assessed. I had to write a thesis that showed I can research, engage in critical thought, and execute a rigorous argument. These skills are not the faint-hearted (many think being an academic means just referring to theories — which is incorrect). So, I took out much of what I wanted to talk about, things which I was passionate about but which I couldn’t execute as yet in the manner needed for a thesis to be assessed on. I consoled myself by promising that after I submitted it, I could write about whatever I wanted, wherever I wanted.</em> We talked briefly about this at MLA or on Twitter I think, but I had the same experience with my Master's Thesis last year. A lot of the neat bits ended up on the cutting room floor. But no worries! I am now putting them together for a few article proposals/submissions. My goal is to find a use for every.single.damn.line. I saw a PhD as different to all other types of schooling. In my research-based approach, this meant I didn’t go to classes or had to recapitulate what I was taught. A PhD is meant to be about contributing original thought. But then something happened in my final few months of writing my PhD. I realised that I couldn’t write whatever I wanted. I was being assessed. I had to write a thesis that showed I can research, engage in critical thought, and execute a rigorous argument. These skills are not the faint-hearted (many think being an academic means just referring to theories — which is incorrect).

So, I took out much of what I wanted to talk about, things which I was passionate about but which I couldn’t execute as yet in the manner needed for a thesis to be assessed on. I consoled myself by promising that after I submitted it, I could write about whatever I wanted, wherever I wanted.

We talked briefly about this at MLA or on Twitter I think, but I had the same experience with my Master’s Thesis last year. A lot of the neat bits ended up on the cutting room floor. But no worries! I am now putting them together for a few article proposals/submissions. My goal is to find a use for every.single.damn.line.

]]> By: A few links to prove I’m not dead | A Memorable Fancy http://www.christydena.com/2010/02/training-wheels-off/comment-page-1/#comment-1645 A few links to prove I’m not dead | A Memorable Fancy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:39:54 +0000 http://www.christydena.com/?p=2249#comment-1645 [...] Dena has an inspirational post about transitioning from the “Training Wheels” of  the Ph.D. to whatever comes [...] [...] Dena has an inspirational post about transitioning from the “Training Wheels” of  the Ph.D. to whatever comes [...]

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