New blog post - Ten Tips for the Mental Gymnastics of Writing your Dissertation into a Book by Kate Holmes5 March 2025For me, it wasn’t the proposal stage of turning my dissertation into a book that was tricky, but the rewriting. My book is very similar to my dissertation, particularly when it comes to the broad structure. I thought this meant it would be a relatively quick and easy exercise. But, it was harder than I anticipated because the writing was good enough for examination, but not for wider publication. It wasn’t a total rewrite but a shift in emphasis and expression.
What follows are my tips based on my experience from an arts and humanities perspective…