7 drafts of her UG dissertation is nearly the same number of words as my eventual PhD Thesis (80,000). Good Lord, Measles Mumps and Rubella, that is not the way to do it.My thoughts exactly! Because I refuse to believe she has written more than 70.000 words overall, which she would have if she has written out seven full drafts... that would be almost as long as the first Harry Potter book, I think... That would be a ridiculous amount of work, and a truly bizarre waste of time, surely not even Ruby would be stupid enough to do this??