Create links between sections and ideas
Why write good transitions? |
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Why it’s important to write good transitions ‘Signal words’ help readers follow along Sign up: Transitions — aka “signal words” — help readers remember more and organize their thoughts better. |
How to write good transitions |
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How do you write a good transition? Internal transitions make your message flow smoothly Bridge the gaps: Internal transitions move your copy from paragraph to paragraph, from sentence to sentence, from idea to idea. |
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How to write transitions: cliffhangers External transitions move readers from section to section Change the subject: External transitions thrust readers forward beyond the ends of chapters or sections. |
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How to write a transition sentence Avoid transitional clichés But then the dream became a nightmare: Something is wrong. Something is very, very wrong with these hackneyed transitions. |
More on how to write good transitions |
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Quotes on how to write good transitions What writers & others say “Words do not create transition. Ideas do.” — Peter Jacobi, journalism professor emeritus at Indiana University |
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