Helpful blogs for thesis writing

I stumbled on links like these years ago, but couldn't appreciate them until now.  I'm recording the ones I've found most useful here, so I can come back to them later. Maybe you will find them useful, too!

"Your Argument"
I still don't really know what this is, but here are some sites that are helping me begin to grasp this!
Structural Editing: Getting your writing into shape by Katherine Firth (Research Degree Voodoo)
Strong thesis statements

I use this one when I have already written a bunch but I need to strengthen the backbone:
Reversing the Outline by Katherine Firth (Research Degree Voodoo)

• Do you pose a question or hypothesis and have you actually addressed it?
• To address it, are you developing your points chronologically, thematically or what
• what findings/outcomes do you want to prove?
• add signposts

It has finally clicked for me that it's ok to "write a whole bunch of crap just to fill in the pages". This is actually a productive first step. I followed their suggestion to use "Written? Kitten!" to transform a set of points that I knew were vaguely related into an actual paragraph.
Generative writing & #shutupandwrite by Katherine Firth (Research Degree Voodoo)

I liked the idea of being able to celebrate an important stage like having a "scrappy pile of bits that gestures towards being a chapter". It actually means something to have reached this! Good job!
The different stages of the writing process by Katherine Firth (Research Degree Voodoo)

I have not yet incorporated this advice, but I know I need to! That analogy about the cab driver is golden!!!
Effective Signposting by Katherine Firth (Research Degree Voodoo)
Signposting sentences by De Montfort University



And this whole site... The Thesis Whisperer

Introductions
Introductions for a Thesis - Explorations of Style blog
Introductions - Explorations of Style blog

Editing

This one has CHANGED MY LIFE:
The Perfect Sentence Vortex and How to Escape It by Katherine Firth (Research Degree Voodoo)
I have printed out the descriptions of Thinking, Writing, Editing and Polishing and I have put them on my wall. Now that I know what they are called, I catch myself doing Polishing when I'm busy with another stage and I quit immediately, knowing I will do Polishing later. It is so nice. And working in 500 word chunks is I think helping me with overall organization, too. It will prevent my readers from getting so lost if I am thinking bigger picture than 1 sentence when I am working.

The Banana Test by Katherine Firth  - Substitute your key word for "banana".  If it till makes sense, you're not being specific enough.

Check whether your section has a "tiny text": What is the problem you're addressing?  Think about the conversation you're in and what you offer as an alternative. (http://www.phd2published.com/2013/11/27/the-25-minute-text-by-charlotte-frost/)