INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you are going to use endnotes in a paper for a literature, philosophy, religion, art, or music class, you will usually need to follow the MLA style.  MLA style does not recommend using endnotes to cite works. You should use inline citation in MLA style unless specifically told otherwise.  In most cases, you will still need to provide a Works Cited page in addition to your endnotes. This type of endnote in MLA style allows you to refer to other texts your readers may wish to reference. This can be helpful if you have several sources that offer further reading on the topic you are discussing, but do not have room in your paper to discuss them all there.  For example, "For further discussion of this phenomenon, see also King, 53; Norris, 175-185; and Kozinsky, 299-318." For example, "Several other studies also reach similar conclusions. For examples, see also Brown and Spiers 24-50, Chapel 30-45, and Philips 50-57." Explanatory endnotes offer additional explanatory information, especially if it seems tangential to the main idea discussed in the paper. MLA recommends that you use this type of endnote sparingly.  For example, "Although it is less commonly known than her major works, singer-songwriter Wendy's 1980 album Cookies also deals with the idea of ecofriendly agriculture." For example, "Johnson reiterated this point in a conference talk in 2013, although she worded it less forcefully there." In MLA style, place the Notes page immediately before the Works Cited page.  Center the word Notes on the page. Do not use any formatting or quote marks. If you have only one endnote, use the word Note. Double-space endnotes in MLA style.

SUMMARY: Use MLA (Modern Language Association) style for work in the liberal arts and humanities. Create a bibliographic endnote. Create an explanatory endnote. Place the Notes page before the Works Cited.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: One approach that works for many people is to use a reverse calendar, where you plan your writing schedule from the due date and work backward. If you know how much time you have to complete the project and break it up into manageable parts with individual due dates (whether these due dates are simply for you or if they are for your committee chair as well), you'll be less likely to get overwhelmed by the scale of the project. Writing a 100-page thesis can be a daunting task, but if you write 1,000 words every day over the course of 2 months, for example, then you will be able to meet that deadline with ease. Your exact timeframe will differ, but you should try to give yourself as much time as possible to write, and no less than a month. Try not to get frustrated and put off your work because then it will pile up and become unmanageable. Many people who have trouble motivating themselves and being productive with their theses find it useful to work in “tomatoes” using the Pomodoro Technique.  The basic idea is that you complete 25 minutes of completely focused work, then you get a 5-minute break.  This breaks your work into manageable chunks and can cut down on the feeling of being overwhelmed that often accompanies a large, long-term project. It is important, especially when working on a large-scale project, to give your brain a break every now and then. You can't stay focused and on-task 100% of the time without losing content quality, and letting yourself step away from your ideas for a couple days will give you fresh eyes when you come back to your work. You'll catch mistakes you didn't see before and come up with new answers you couldn't think of before. Some people work best in the morning, while others are able to focus more effectively at night.  If you are unsure of when you are most productive, try different approaches and see what seems to work the best for you. You may find that your thesis proposal is a useful jumping off point for writing your introduction.  You might want to copy and paste sections of your proposal for the start of your introduction, but remember that it’s okay to change your ideas as they progress.  You may want to revisit and revise your introduction at several points throughout your writing process, perhaps even each time you finish a large section or chapter. If you were required to write a review of literature prior to beginning your thesis, good news: you’ve already written almost an entire chapter!  Again, you may need to reshape and revise the work, and you will likely also find occasion to add to the review as you move forward with your work. If you do not already have a review of literature written, it’s time to do your research!  The review of literature is essentially a summary of all of the existing scholarship about your topic with plenty of direct quotations from the primary and secondary sources that you’re referencing. After reviewing the existing scholarship, you should explain how your work contributes to the existing scholarship—in other words, you’re explaining what you are adding to the field with your work. The remainder of the thesis varies greatly by field.  A science-based thesis will involve few secondary sources as the remainder of your work will involve describing and presenting the results of a study.  A literary thesis, on the other hand, will likely continue to cite secondary scholarship as it builds an analysis or reading of a particular text or texts. Your conclusion should detail the importance of this Master's thesis to the subject community and may suggest the direction that future researchers might follow to continue with relevant information on the subject. Be sure to include relevant charts, graphs, and figure as appropriate.  You may also need to add appendices at the end of your work that are germane to your work but tangential to the central question of your Master's thesis.  Be sure that all aspects of your work are formatted in accordance with the guidelines of your institutional and discipline expectations.

SUMMARY:
Make a schedule. Write a little every day. Try the Pomodoro Technique. Take breaks. Find a writing time that works for you. Write your introduction. Incorporate the review of literature. Contextualize your work. Write your thesis. Write a powerful conclusion. Add supplemental information.