Making a thesis evolve

     As I read this article, a few things stood out to me about writing a thesis. When it states, "If you think of an essay as an act of thinking, then the evolutions of the thesis record the history of your various changes in thinking as you confronted evidence," stood out to me because I tend to change my thesis, or the way I think about my paper many times. When I write my papers, it takes so much time to write, that over time I realize more and more evidence or claims that should be made clear. Another thing that stood out to me was that even in final drafts, the thesis develops through successive complications and it doesn't remain static. Rather than just stating a thesis to make obvious the main part of an essay, we have to have evidence to back up each point, or it won't be understood. I would have never thought of a thesis as "evolving," but this article clearly states that a strong thesis comes from carefully understanding and questioning the subject to back up the meaning that is not completely obvious to the readers. I personally have a hard time coming up with thesis statements for essays, but this article allowed me to understand the more in depth meaning and structure of a thesis. When I was in the process of writing my paper, I didnt start off with a thesis, unlike the draft in the booklet. Rather than starting off with one and changing it throughout the essay, I waited until the end. Although, before writing my paper I did watch the video numerous times to try and gather every piece of evidence and observation that was important.