When reading this article a few key points stood out to me. The first being that a thesis of a subject should not have been obvious to the reader. You should make a claim that needs support and evidence that backs it up. A thesis is continually changing and reformulated as you revise your paper. Just restating the ideas you have clearly stated prior is not a thesis, you should find a problem that needs to be solved. The thing I found most interesting, was the statement, that writers should find conflicting evidence and question the meaning of the claim made. Do not run away or turn down the conflicting view. Such complications are opportunities to improve the thesis.
My writing was similar to the draft, in the fact that when I first started, I was just writing down my observations, and what they meant to me as I saw them. I did not have a thesis at the very beginning. Unlike the student draft, there were multiple theses, whereas in my paper once I came up with one, I stuck to it. I find it difficult to make theses, so once I get one I rarely revise it, which is something that I need to work on, in order to improve my papers.
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