Collaborate. Compose. Innovate. Revise. Rewind.
The two-part thesis is a convention of academic writing. (Look up any topic on Google Scholar and see what I mean…)
I start with my thesis and I ask: What does my reader need to know in order to understand my point? What might most effectively earn her attention?
**First I revisit my outline and decide which claim I’d like to develop first. Keep in mind that you don’t have to go in order, the order might change, the claims themselves might change (including the thesis), and each claim might need more than one paragraph to develop.
