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Introdcution: framework -- Escape clause -- Layout of this book -- Contextualizing writing: working with conventions -- Moves and styles -- Interdisciplinary theses: which conventions? -- Ordering the thesis -- A basic model -- Mind-mapping and modelling the thesis -- The grid with two options -- Broad versus specific fields -- The literature review question -- A four-way model -- Making use of methodology's moves -- The contents page and its implications -- Two basic approaches: write first; plan first -- Mnemonic theory: the architecture of the mind -- Mapping thematically -- Ordering the thesis: suggestions for action -- Readerly needs --Emphasis and proportion -- Quantity ratios -- Levels of depth and voice -- Grammatical emphasis -- Emphasis and proportion: suggestions for action -- Readerly needs -- Cohesion -- Narrative -- Matephor for structure -- Joinery: bringing the parts together