Step 4 Looking Out
Thesis: intermediate summary version
The illuminated yellow window draws the woman’s view away from the sparsely furnished room
in which she stands. Many of you start out with a summary version of what you think your thesis
is. This is not a final version because it applies ONLY to the situation at hand, while a Thesis si
the larger truth for which this situation is merely one of many possible examples.
Thesis: Final abstracted version
Bright prospects draw us away from our current situations, even if for a brief moment.This says
the same thing only in such a way that it can also be used in other situations which are similar.
This allows us to realize the similarity in what might otherwise be missed opportunities.
Notice the parallels:
The illuminated yellow window >> Bright prospects
draws the woman’s view >> draw us
away from the sparsely furnished room in which she stands >> away from our current situations,
even if for a brief moment
now the challenge is to order your sentences in such a way as to demonstrate this thesis. The
good news is that the Thesis is a guideline to the ordering. In this case the first sentences should
be those that establish the Bright prospects; the next set of sentences should establish the one
being drawn and the fact that she is being drawn; and the last set will establish that current
situation from which she is being drawn.
So given these Step 4 sentences . . . .
1) A stained but worn light wood floor has many colors going through it.
2) A small square blue rug rests half upon the floor under a wicker chair.
3) The wicker chair casts a shadow on the gray wall.
4) A gold and white cushion nestles in a light tan wicker chair and supports the ample left foot
of a woman.
5) Her left foot rests on the white and gold cushion that has a pattern of swirls in it.
6) Halfway up her tanned left leg, her bent knee reveals a hint of her white lace slip.
7) Her upraised black skirt shows off her tanned left leg as it rest on the chair.
8) The woman’s ample backside fills out the black skirt.
9) The white lace of her slip hangs down below her black skirt.
10) The yellow shirt is tucked into her tight black skirt.
11) Her white apron crosses over her shoulders and is tied with a tightly in a pristine bow.
12) A voluptuous woman faces straight towards the window and leans into the sill, her right
hand has an olive complexion and rests on her check.
13) Her long black hair is pulled into a loose bun atop her head.
14) Her left elbow is covered by the yellow shirt and rests on the grey window sill.
15) Her right arm is propped up in front of her on the grey window sill.
16) The tan right foot of the woman rest on the small blue square rug.
. . . one might argue for this arrangement:
Current moment
1) A stained but worn light wood floor has many colors going through it.
2) A small square blue rug rests half upon the floor under a wicker chair.
3) The wicker chair casts a shadow on the gray wall.
4) A gold and white cushion nestles in a light tan wicker chair and supports the ample left foot
of a woman.
The woman being drawn
1) Her left foot rests on the white and gold cushion that has a pattern of swirls in it.
2) Halfway up her tanned left leg, her bent knee reveals a hint of her white lace slip.
3) Her upraised black skirt shows off her tanned left leg as it rest on the chair.
4) The woman’s ample backside fills out the black skirt.
5) The white lace of her slip hangs down below her black skirt.
6) The yellow shirt is tucked into her tight black skirt.
7) Her white apron crosses over her shoulders and is tied with a tightly in a pristine bow.
8) A voluptuous woman faces straight towards the window and leans into the sill, her right
hand has an olive complexion and rests on her check.
9) Her long black hair is pulled into a loose bun atop her head.
10) Her left elbow is covered by the yellow shirt and rests on the grey window sill.
11) Her right arm is propped up in front of her on the grey window sill.
12) The tan right foot of the woman rest on the small blue square rug.
OK, at this point we realize that no sentences say anything about the bright propect, that which
lies outside the window – the illuminated window of the summary version. This means our thesis
includes responses for which there are no details. One needs to be modified: either the thesis has
to be altered OR we need to go back and create Step 1 details sentences and quickly run them
through any Step 2-3 processing necessary and then added to our Step 4 list . . .