By n3rdzgotskillz - 07/09/2016 02:45 - United Kingdom - Birmingham

Today, I finished writing my Masters thesis. It's 25,000 words long. I showed it to my tutor, who told me it was completely wrong and that I have to start again from scratch. It's due in two weeks. FML
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n3rdzgotskillz 29

Hi it's me! I'd totally have clicked YDI as well. My MA is only a year old at my university. It's the first year they're doing Creative Writing, so everything is still in beta mode. I picked my topic and basically wrote about what my tutor told me to. Unfortunately, due to miscommunication within the Creative Writing department, none of the lecturers were sure what I was supposed to be writing until about a month ago - so even though the research I'd done was what my tutor told me to, it's not the research I was supposed to. Thankfully, my lecturers have taken responsibility for giving me false information, and they've apologised to me and extended the deadline to the end of January. Also - I saw my tutor fortnightly and he always told me I was right on track! It just turns out I was on track with the wrong thing, haha.

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gosh_mate 30

Isn't progress meant to be checked along the way?

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sturschaedel 27

That's your own damn fault. After you are done reading most of the literature you are supposed to write a 15 page Exposé you show to your tutor and/or professor to check if your work is going into the right direction. Then you check in when your research is done to see if the outcome is correct. Then you start putting the whole thing together. If you didn't at least get THAT feedback, YDI.

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pedrorocks 7

This sounds like total BS a master's thesis takes three to four years to accomplish. Along the way you provide regular updates to the professor overlooking the area of study that you are in. OP needs to explain further or this is total BS as usual on this site

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fonkimonki 7

You've not discussed the development of your thesis with your tutor until you handed it in? YDI. BUT If your tutor has failed to disclose relevant criteria or not met with you when you asked, you have the basis of a complaint. Posting on FML is not where this should end

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TehButterz 8

WELL YOU SHOULD STOP COMPLAINING AND GET TO WORK

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RichardPencil 30

The OPs explanation confused me more than it helped. How could something in Creative Writing be "wrong?" Maybe it's not creative?

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Paladeus 9

I'd double-check that information. That much work, along with the short amount of time to "fix" things, shouldn't be thrown away by someone who might just be an ass or dick, while the research to confirm or deny it will only be useful should it prove to be wrong, anyway.

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wow2mylife 25

I just started college and my worst fear already is nervous when ever I turn anything to a tutor or teacher

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PositiveX 4

Aren't you supposed to get feedback regularly?

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hoosierholla 17

Aren't you supposed to read the follow-ups?

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THswagPLAYA 1

I wrote a story that was over 35,000 words long and put it on a fanfiction website and apparently it was good... because someone stole it and no one believes me. So, I know what it is like to have work you put in not count I hope he reconsiders ?

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