Paper Logistics

Page length Outline:

Cover Page (1 page)

Thank You’s & Credits (1 page)

Table of Contents (1 page)

Section I Content Overview (3pages)

* Executive Summary (1 page)
*Logistical Organization and Structure of Paper (1 page)
*Introduction (1page)

Section II Case Studies in the Progression of Sustainable Living (6 pages)

*Organizations of a Collective Movement (2 pages)
*Sustainaing Personal Involvement in the Movement (1 page)
*Sustainable Living in the Education System (2 pages)
*Academia & the Movement’s Vision (1 page)

Section III Development of Conscious Systemic Change (6 pages)

*Introduction to Conscious shifting (1 page)
*Principles of Sustainable Living (2 pages)
*Concepts of Sustainable Living (3 pages)

Section IV Beyond Sustainable Living (1 page)

*Why sustainable Living isn't enough (1/3 page)
*Beyond sustainable to thriving life (1/3 page)
*Balance of Everything Beyond Life Itself (1/3 page)

Section V Supplemental Information (6 pages)

*Glossary (5 pages)
*Outline Descriptions (1/2 page)
*Index to Appendices (1/2 page)

Blank Last Page (1 page)

Total Pages: 26

Writing the paper

Logistics
I would like my senior thesis to be as short as possible. There will be an executive summary no longer than one page to explain the dialogue and concluding remarks. Then the rest will be as short and to the point as possible. I am guessing it will not be able to be any shorter than 15-20 pages. I will start with a one-page contents/ outline, with the beginning of an executive summary (that will change a thousand times). That will be no longer than two pages. Then I will write 4 pages for the entire thesis. Then add in a couple more to make it 6. Then 10, then 15. Stay at 15 for a while, and then maybe start adding a little more, in a couple of locations, but not too many.

Rought Drafts
It will be a great practice that any time I want to do brainstorm writing, I will take the section of the draft, and past the topic or the writing into the journal and do my brainstorming there. THen it will all be saved and will allow better flow. Many times when writing directly into the draft I hit writers block because I'm worried about it being perfect.

Organization of the Paper

I believe that the paper should be organized and be approachable from many different perspectives and accessible to any particular topic of the entire thesis. For example each paragraph should have a title just as each section and part as seen in the SEC paper. Each sentence will also have a written description of the key words or concepts brought up in it. This will be described/ be available in the detailed outline. There will also be an Overall Outline, a General Outline, a Main outline etc. I don't know exactly what they will be called, but it will make since on some level. There will be at least three outlines, probably four. That is why it is so important to make sure the paper isn't too long, because it isn't easy to make all the outlines and descriptions of the paper, but this will make it accessible to any detail of the information in the thesis for people who aren't into reading the entire thing. There also needs to be a glossary with all the key concepts and ideas where a little more information could be available. Also the entire thesis should be organized and written to be available, accessible, and navigatable on the web as the primary version. There should be a downloadable version in word and PDF based on the web version. There should also be the ability to interact with the thesis and give real time comments on any segment or issue brought up in the thesis, or be able to fix minor errors (or at least propose them).