Most of us might be thinking "oh no anything but the proposal" but don't fret too much its actually easier than you may assume. In fact this is probably the smallest but most important part of the writing process. the way you craft your proposal can strongly influence the entirety of your paper and even its success. Lets do another short exercise that might help you get this started. Simple but effective outlines are always the way to go.
Start with your inquiry question. Whats that you ask? In its most basic form an inquiry question is simply any additional interests or discoveries you want to make and how that will help you awnser your research question. The topic I am choosing will be the history of skateboarding and how it has affected society today.
1. How has skateboarding grown to become a professional sport but still banned in some places?
Now we must understand our primary purpose. Why have you chosen this topic? What is your claims or thesis? Argue for your topic.
2. I have chosen this topic because I believe skateboarding has grown due to its largely community based nature. Skateboarding has been influential in how many businesses run and even in the creation of jobs through skate shops and parks. Society has become accustomed to seeing skateboards in the streets why is that?
Finally, to understand the topic completely we must understand any prior beliefs, assumptions or preconceptions we have about our topic. Start to develop that "working knowledge" of your topic.
3. Skateboarding Is a fun way to connect with people and pass the time
Skateboards do not harm property by any means and should be allowed anywhere
This is the basic outline of your research proposal. Now that you know exactly what you want to research and how go for it! No matter your topic the information out there is abounding.
Explore on!
Dylan, I'm really enjoying your writing style; it's engaging and fun! But your content is also helpful as you walk your audience (and ultimately yourself) through the research journey. I think it's effective that your inquiry question shows the disparity between a sport that has clearly grown in popularity and yet in some way is still perceived negatively by some segments of our population. Interesting angle through which to examine skateboarding. I never imagined I could be this interested in a topic so unrelated to my own experience.
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