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- 06SaturdayDifferent Angle·
For years, I relied on a massive arsenal of transition words like "however," "on the other hand," and "in addition" to make my prose flow.
The Conjunction Trap: The Illusion of Creating Flow with "Also"
For years, I used an arsenal of conjunctions to stitch paragraphs together. As it turns out, every "also" was just a lazy band-aid hiding a hole in the structure.
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- 04ThursdayCase Study·
Whenever my writing lacked flow, I used to construct bridges like 'however' or 'in addition'; hoping these fillers would carry the reader forward, I realized too late that I was merely papering over weak structural logic.
Conjunction Laziness: How Basecamp's Writing Flows Without 'Also'
Needing transitional phrases like 'also' or 'on the other hand' between paragraphs is rarely a grammar issue—it's a structuring problem. Here is the micro-tactic for building a given-new information chain for organic flow.
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