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Before moving on to the drafting stage, the next step is to plan a detailed chapter/ section outline.
Allocating word count at this stage ensures that each chapter or section has enough space to develop your ideas. It can also help you plan your time and monitor your progress during the drafting stage.
Start by drafting the skeleton outline of your dissertation with headings, subheadings and bullet points. Then add content, evidence, analysis and reasoning. In this way you build your argument step by step.
Use this research planning tool in the early stages of your research to help define your research topic and start your research.
