A Repository for Writing a Thesis With Org Mode

Back in 2018, I wrote about a post by Daniel Gomez that describes how to use Org-mode for writing a thesis. At the time, Gomez was in the process of writing his own thesis and his post details his work flow and files structure. It’s an excellent how-to for anyone wanting to use Org for writing their own dissertation and well worth your time if you’re looking for a good thesis writing tool.

An the end of the post, Gomez says that he was considering building a thesis template repository to go with his post but that it would have to wait until after he’s finished his thesis. Now that he’s finished his PhD, Gomez has in fact published his templates as a GitHub repository.

It’s a valuable resource for anyone embarking on the writing of a dissertation, especially if, like Gomez, the thesis consists of three or four research chapters that are published separately as journal articles. With his setup, the exact same source is used for publishing the chapters as journal articles and as part of the thesis. Check out his post or the repository to see how he did this.

As I said in my original post, Org-mode really is a general purpose writing tool that can be used for memos, blog posts, reports, books, and even things like theses with their strict formatting rules. I do all my writing—except emails and texts—with Org and can’t imagine a better tool.

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