Craft a Strong Essay Thesis Statement

This prompt helps you get past the blank-page stage of an essay by generating three genuinely different argumentative angles, a one-sentence debatable thesis for each, and a reasoned recommendation. It's built for students and writers who know their topic but haven't found the sharp, defensible claim yet. The requirement that each thesis be specific, debatable, and one sentence is what keeps the output from drifting into vague summary statements that aren't really theses at all.

What you can expect back

Three angles on the four-day workweek:

1) Productivity angle
Thesis: "Rather than reducing output, the four-day workweek raises per-hour productivity by forcing organizations to eliminate low-value meetings and busywork."

2) Equity angle
Thesis: "The four-day workweek risks widening class divides because it is far easier to grant salaried knowledge workers than hourly service and care workers."

3) Labor-history angle
Thesis: "The four-day workweek is best understood not as a perk but as the latest stage in a 150-year contraction of working hours driven by labor organizing."

Strongest evidence: The productivity angle — recent UK and Icelandic pilot trials give you concrete, citable outcome data.

My pick: The equity angle. It's the most debatable (a real counterargument exists), it's underexplored so it won't read like every other paper, and you can still borrow the pilot data as evidence while critiquing who it left out.

Illustrative example — your results will vary by tool and inputs.

Get sharper results

• 01Tell it the required length and complexity of your essay — a 1,000-word paper needs a narrower thesis than a 20-page research project, and the model will calibrate scope if you say so.
• 02If all three angles feel too similar, reply 'make angle 3 contrarian — argue against the consensus view' to force more distance between options.
• 03Ask it to list 2-3 pieces of evidence it expects you could find for your chosen thesis, then verify those actually exist before committing.
• 04Push back on the recommendation: ask 'what's the weakest objection to the angle you picked, and how would I answer it?' to stress-test your choice early.
• 05Specify your discipline's citation style or evidence norms (empirical data vs. close textual reading) so the 'strongest evidence' judgment fits your field.

Adapt it for your case