So, I edit dissertations for a living. The Really Big in-depth book-length research project a person does to earn themselves a Ph.D. (and no, I don't have one of those). The big thing about delving deeply into a project is that you set off with your inquiry, and start by researching your set and setting: who else has thought about this? What have they come up with? and after all that, which might actually be the bulk of a work, you tell how you're going to go about your piece of the puzzle, and show... read more