Fear of Thesis Statements

When writing an essay, people usually fear the thesis statement the most. It is the main focus of the paper and is the over encompassing idea that guides the essay. Personally, it’s the most difficult part of the essay for me because of the intricacies. It can’t be too specific, but it can’t be too general and sound cliché. The thesis can’t have a didactic tone, nor can it be a moral. On top of those rules, the thesis actually has to sound coherent and be strong enough to be able to represent the whole essay.

Writing a thesis used to be easier when using a template to organize all the parts of a thesis, but the technique is obvious and becomes overused. So now, the thesis should be arranged in an original way but still retain all the elements that make up a thesis. I think the difficulties with writing a thesis also comes from phrasing it in a way that answers the question and contains the overall theme. Sometimes, the thesis can limit the examples I have because they only answer the question, but don’t tie in the theme, or the other way around. For now, I can only practice and hope that writing theses will soon come with ease. But for now, even when abiding by all the thesis-writing rules, I always seem to have some awkward phrasing that detracts from my thesis.