-Choose a topic that is focused on intelligence (or be intelligence related and explain how it is important to intelligence), identify research sources, identify and apply a research method to the paper, and draft a paper that defends the main point/thesis.-Choose a topic from area of concentration which is important to intelligence studies. Choose any topic you are interested in or have wanted to investigate.-Be sure to have a thesis that addresses the topic you are focusing on and that this thesis is CLEAR and UNAMBIGUOUS. Thesis must be in the first paragraph or section of your paper.