Making your text ‘flow’¶

When writing and editing, you will need to check that the text flows from section to section, that there are no jumps in the logic, and that the document ‘hangs’ together. You also need to make sure that the language flows from word to word, sentence to sentence, and paragraph to paragraph.

Signposting the route¶

• To start with …
• There are three issues/points/problems …
• In this section …
• I will describe … in three stages. Firstly …

Changing direction¶

• On the other hand …
• Meanwhile …
• However …
• In contrast …

Moving on¶

• Following this …
• The next step …
• This also suggests …
• Another possibility/factor/example …

Introducing questions or doubt¶

• Alternatively ..
• Although …
• In spite of this …
• Even so …

Reinforcing¶

• Furthermore …
• As I pointed out in …
• Looking again at …
• In addition …

Concluding¶

• Two questions remain …
• Finally, …
• If we now summarize the …
• In conclusion …