TA: Organization

To write well the writer ought to compose the topic of a paragraph without actually having to write a specific topic sentence, or so I’m told. This can be a difficult task if you are used to writing topic sentences. For example, if I were writing a paragraph about how to slip in a topic sentence without actually writing it, then this specific paragraph that I am writing would not be a very good example. However, if I were writing an entry about how there are no real rules to organizing a paper, then this paragraph might just be a fair intro.

There are some great literary works written in a specific order and pattern, and there are others that don’t seem to follow any type of model at all. The thing that these great works have in common is that they were all written well. But there isn’t a set definition for what writing well is; for some reason, people just know fabulous prose when they read it. So for one who is seeking to write better and who might even be taking a class to pursue this aim, it is rather unfortunate that there is not just one great formula for writing well, only the notion that there aren’t any real rules to organizing a paper.