🎯 1. Choose Passion Over Prestige
Pick a topic you genuinely want to explore, not one that "sounds academic." You'll spend 30+ hours on it — make sure it's interesting.
🧩 2. Define a Tight Research Question
The narrower, the better. Example: "The impact of jazz on modern pop" → too broad. ✅ "How did Miles Davis'sKind of Blueinfluence harmonic structures in 21st-century R&B?" → specific and researchable.