At first,you may only have a general idea of what you want to write about,like writing “something”on Reading Comprehension l or Communicative Language Teaching,or "something"on Hamlet in Shakespeare's play,or Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn or Lincoln and the Civil War. These topics at this time in the writing process are vague and unfocused,but this is normal. ■ Only by doing a lot of reading and thinking will you eventually arrive at the point of being able to know the exact focus --the thesis or main idea of your thesis paper.◼ At first, you may only have a general idea of what you want to write about, like writing “something” on Reading Comprehension or Communicative Language Teaching, or “something” on Hamlet in Shakespeare’s play, or Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn or Lincoln and the Civil War. ◼ These topics at this time in the writing process are vague and unfocused, but this is normal. ◼ Only by doing a lot of reading and thinking will you eventually arrive at the point of being able to know the exact focus --- the thesis or main idea - -- of your thesis paper