Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 15 ppt

probably drop back a few para￾graphs to complete some earlier

train of thought (A) that got inter￾rupted.

But occasionally B works better

where it is. After all, you had some

reason for putting it there—maybe

a compelling reason. If so, try hint￾ing at B back at A. (Little￾did-he-know is too crude but has

couth cousins. Sometimes it is

enough merely to acknowledge the

original puzzle—e.g., “for reasons

that would remain unknown for 20

years”).

Once the reader knows that A’s

loose end will be picked up later, he

can relax. He might even be spurred

on by curiosity as to how this little

subpuzzle turns out. Do something

intelligent, whatever will work best

for the particular story. What mat￾ters is that the reader should al￾ways feel sure that any loose ends

will be tied up in good time, that

he is in competent hands.

Same idea as on Take a look. Is it the same idea? If

page 2? not, rework both passages into

clarity. If yes, you have a structural

problem. Repetition is always the

flag of a structural problem, the

question being why you felt any

need to repeat the point.Your sub￾conscious is your friend, and your

subconscious made you do that.

Why?

Several possibilities: Maybe your

subconscious knew that the idea—

call it C—was weak the first time

round, so that the reader will have

forgotten. Strengthen the original C

Ideas

into

Words

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