Once you have chosen a topic you are interested in writing
about, the next step is to generate ideas about that topic
that you can fit together to support a coherent thesis or
argument. Before you decide on your thesis, you should allow
yourself to go through at least one of the exercises suggested
below in order to generate as many ideas as possible; you
never know what kind of brilliant gem you might discover!
Some useful methods for generating
ideas include (check links below):
Remember that no one strategy works for everyone,
so experiment and find the best for you. Once you've found
techniques you like, you can save time on your next paper
by using them right away, before you encounter writer's block
