How to Plan Any Essay in Five Steps
A thesis is a claim you can argue, not a topic you can describe.
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Last reviewed · July 24, 2026
A repeatable five-step planning routine that works for any essay prompt.
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Written by
Aaron Bishop
MA, Education
Aaron leads the EssayCrackers editorial desk. He works on how assignment briefs are read — what a rubric is actually asking for, and where students most often answer a different question than the one set.
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Dr. Nathan Cole
PhD, Rhetoric & Composition
Argumentation and thesis development
Nathan teaches first-year composition and directs a university writing center. He reviews EssayCrackers guides for argumentative soundness and citation accuracy.