“This text has excellent examples and provides a good overview of the writing process. Students have given me positive feedback about the engaging style. The book provides specific writing strategies and examples that help take the ‘sting’ out of starting to work on a dissertation—which students often experience as overwhelming and anxiety provoking. Students learn that it is not about perfection from the first paragraph; rather, there is a method to beginning to evaluate and write. The recommendations for working through the writing process are spot-on.”

—Susan Torres-Harding, PhD, Department of Psychology, Roosevelt University