I've been circling this question for weeks now, and I'd rather hear from people who have actually been through it than keep debating it privately.
My situation isn't unusual. I'm working part-time, my dissertation is due in a few months, and my supervisor's availability has shrunk considerably since the start of term. I'm still making progress, but the gap between where I am and where I need to be is widening. So the question of whether to
pay for my dissertation support has moved from something I'd have ruled out to something I'm genuinely considering.
What I can't resolve is where the boundary sits. Paying for editing feels defensible. Paying for detailed feedback on structure feels reasonable. Paying for whole chapters to be drafted feels like a different category, though I'd struggle to articulate exactly why.
I'm more interested in how others reasoned through this than in a straightforward verdict. If you've faced the same decision, what actually shaped your thinking?
