Every good piece of writing in existence has some kind of flow to it. This fluidity is somewhat hard to master, but once you do, your writing can become much stronger and easier to understand. Some people claim that flow only comes to people with a gift for writing, similar to the way freestyling comes to people who naturally rap well. That is not the case. Anyone can learn how to achieve fluidity in his or her writing. It’s just a matter of picking up on some tricks.
The information below should give you just a few of those tricks so you can make your writing better in the future for your online courses. Use Proper Transitions One of the easiest ways to establish flow in an essay is to have some sort of transition between every paragraph. Even though paragraphs are their own entities, they still need to somewhat fit together. It is your job to tie each paragraph together so that you end up with a cohesive chain of paragraphs when you are finished writing. You could do this in many ways, but most people will try repeating part of the information from one paragraph at the beginning of the one that follows. An example of repeating parts of the preceding paragraph in an article would be, well, what I just did. See how I hinted at the above topic at the beginning of this paragraph? You have to do something similar to that in your own writing. You can also use transition phrases, like: • For example, • In other words, • To put it simply, • Therefore, • In addition to that, • Thus… You get the idea. Transition phrases can do wonders for flow, especially if you have a ton of choppy sentences back to back. Try sprinkling a few of them into your next essay and see what happens. Combine Sentences Try not to make every sentence in your essay its own identity. You can join the sentences together with conjunctions (and, or, but, yet, so). By using conjunctions like this, you can make your thoughts seem more in line with one another. This will create depth within your work, which will always make you look like a better writer. You can get the same effect by using “if, then” sentences, or by using one of these phrases: ,which; ,where; ,rather; ,who; ,that. You’ll notice that I use those sentence components a lot in my writing, so you should have plenty of examples to choose from. Reiterate Your Thesis Every professional essay has a thesis, or an overall problem it is trying to explain or solve. If you only use your thesis in your intro and conclusion, your essay will seem a little haphazard. You need to remind the reader about your thesis every once and awhile so your work can have a cohesive feeling altogether. Notice that I keep mentioning flow and cohesion in this simple article. I’m doing that to remind you what the heck I’m writing all this about. See, you didn’t even notice because my flow is so awesome. You can pay me for that subliminal learning lesson later on. Write It All at Once Write your essay all the way through before you go back to edit and enhance it. By doing this, you will keep your general train of thought, which will translate into genuine fluidity in your writing. If you stop writing an then start back, you may be on a completely different wavelength than the one you started on. Just get all of your thoughts out on paper, and then you can go back to make those thoughts sound like actual statements of intelligence.
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