Dissertation proposal is a paper which persuades your examiners that your dissertation’s question is interesting enough to research. The bad news for you is that reviewers of your dissertation proposal may not find it as worthwhile and innovative as you expect. The good news is that if you are creative enough in expressing your ideas you will most likely manage to convince them.
 
So, a good question comes up: “How can I be creative, but clear in my dissertation proposal?” After reading this article, you will be able to answer this question.
 
Here are some useful hints for you to follow:

• Your dissertation proposal should contain clearly defined research issue, or appealing hypothesis.
• Detailed outline of the future research should correspond to the actual topic of your dissertation. This part is not a matter of creativity, but well-connected structure.
• Dissertation proposal should mention the background or previous researches on its issue. There is a place for creativity here- you can reflect some unknown, surprising theories or brand new findings.

You can improve the style of dissertation proposal if you take into consideration the following rules:

• Think before you write;
• Use simple words;
• Write confidently and passionately;
• Do not use jargon;
• Do not make it too lengthy;
• After you are done writing the dissertation proposal, you can double-check whether this writing is be good enough for your committee. In order to do that, read your paper over again and decide whether it covers the following aspects: identification of issue, detailed reasoning of the importance of this particular problem and sources for the future dissertation research.

So, dissertation proposal should present a convincing summary of your future research. Being creative in writing this paper is helpful, but it is not required. Make your dissertation proposal clear, and then add some creativity.