I'm in the process of drafting my proposal, and the UFV planner has a section on titles . It says to "write an effective title" because it's "the first thing that is going to help the reader understand the nature of your work" . It also notes that the title words will help other researchers find your work online in the future.
The advice is to include the "most important descriptive words" and avoid ambiguous words, using a subtitle if needed . This sounds simple, but it's actually really hard. My current title is a vague, 20-word monster. How do you distill a whole dissertation into one or two lines? Should you write the title first to guide you, or last after you know exactly what you've done? For those who've been through this, what's your process?
The advice is to include the "most important descriptive words" and avoid ambiguous words, using a subtitle if needed . This sounds simple, but it's actually really hard. My current title is a vague, 20-word monster. How do you distill a whole dissertation into one or two lines? Should you write the title first to guide you, or last after you know exactly what you've done? For those who've been through this, what's your process?
