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Your conclusion should summarize the writing and indicate future
possibilities, if any. Please remember that you can start your argument in the
middle. In other words, you need not always begin with the beginning.
For example, you may want to state a case history, analyse it in detail, and
then come to your theme statement that you would have otherwise stated in
the beginning.
In other words, good writing shuttles back and forth through analysis on
the basis of its certain premises. In other words, you can write deductively or
inductively. Deductive writing would indicate an analysis of facts, data, and
case histories to arrive at a conclusion while inductive writing means you
state an axiom and exemplify it in the rest of your argument. Use either of
these styles. You can even blend them for effect.
Please remember that your argument should be structured in paragraphs
that a reader can manage comfortably. Solid chunks of information bound
together into a monolit, terrorize more than an atom bomb. Every para-
graph should have a theme statement and its relationship with the theme
statements of other paragraphs should feed into the overall argument of the
entire piece of writing.
Precise vocabulary and a gentle tone with a firm purpose (with a dash of
humour, if possible) make your communication a delight for your decoder.
Please remember that in good formal writing, a sentence should never
begin with ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘for example’, ‘or’, ‘moreover’, etc. These days with times
that are a-changing such rules of usage are getting lax, but a good writer
prefers not to abandon them.
Now that we have looked at the basic principles of good written com-
munication, let us briefly deal with some classroom-oriented written
communication that is sure to form part of your academic career. Here we
can provide mere suggestions given the spatial limitations. Try to develop
these through looking up the books listed in the Bibliography. Try and write
out, at least as first drafts, each of the items we are going to talk about. Practice
makes man perfect when it comes to written communication.

Box 10.2: Tips for Effective Writing
• Be direct and explicit. Remember, nobody has the time to unravel
the relevance and significance of your jig-saw puzzles.
• Do not waste too many lines ‘introducing’ yourself.
• Before writing you should have outlined the entire structure of your
writing. Stick to it.

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