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Writing while you read

Currently I am writing my master thesis and am struggling to make progress, I have been told its best to write while you read but I have never really understood exactly how you do that. I guess it means  plugging related info into the various chapters as you find them useful but to do that you really require some sort of outline for what it is  you are doing in those various chapters. It is here where I continually find myself in a dilemma, because how does one construct an outline when the sense of what it should entail is still unclear?
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What has worked for me is to not think of the writing as having to go into your thesis. It's more about reflecting upon what you read and writing down the things about the text that you find important (ie a summary of relevant parts)  your own (critical) reflection of it, and any connections you can make to other texts you've been reading as well as your own topic. It helps you navigate the literature that exists and get some (critical) thoughts in line that make it easier to understand where your own work is going. A lot of that writing might never end up going into your thesis! But a lot more than you initially think probably will, because writing helps you process what you're reading and develop your thoughts/ideas, which in turn helps you understand where your thesis is going to go.