Writing Logically

A logical presentation is important whether you are writing a book chapter, a short story, an article or a poem. Your ideas must be organized and flow in a logical way that makes sense to readers. This requires planning and organization. It's not enough to just write down your ideas in whatever order they present themselves in your mind. You must create a pattern with them, a way to weave them together that communicates your thoughts effectively to readers. Working out your organization can be like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. You will need to arrange and rearrange words and phrases and passages until you find a way for them to fit together logically. This can often mean significant editing and tossing sections of writing that won't fit with anything else. Trying to force writing into a logical pattern when it doesn't naturally fit that way is frustrating for you and confusing for your readers. Think about how a debate or argument would unfold, one point at a time, each building on the other with seamless transitions as the argument builds steam. This is how your writing should be organized, building on itself, leading readers seamlessly from one idea to the next, and weaving a connecting thread through the entire work. Writing logically will make your job easier and your readers' experience more rewarding.