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I didn't think I'd ever be grateful. I lost six months of work. I cried. I yelled. I sat in the dark. I thought about quitting. Then I started writing again. Not the same paper. A different one. Better. The first paper was safe. I was using sources I knew. Making arguments I'd made before. I...

Day 1: I didn't cry. I sat in front of the black screen. I tried to turn it on. Again. Again. Nothing. Day 2: I cried. I called IT. They said: “We'll try.” Not “we will.” “We'll try.” Day 3: I started writing. One page. It was terrible. I wrote it anyway. Day 4: I wrote another page. Still...

My discussion section always ends up being a summary of my results. A guide says: “The discussion interprets. Don't just say what happened; say what it means.” Instead of: “The temperature increased by 15°C.” Write: “The 15°C increase supports our hypothesis that the reaction is exothermic...

My advisor wrote on my draft: “This belongs in methods, not results.” I thought methods were what I did, and results were what I found. I did the experiment. I found numbers. Why is this so hard? A guide says: “Methods describe how you collected data. Results present what you found. Don't...