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How to Write an Introduction: Your Three-Step Guide to Doing It Better, and Doing It Faster

Lynn Reynolds · January 9, 2017 · Leave a Comment

How to Write an Introduction: Your Three-Step Guide to Doing It Better, and Doing It Faster

Whatever you’re working on, you too can write excellent introductions by rethinking your writing process, and by taking a tip from journalism. 1.    Write Your Introduction Last Seriously. That’s because I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen writers stuck at the first sentence because they’re trying to write the introduction first. But […]

Filed Under: Writing Advice Tagged With: Argumentation, Getting Started, Introduction, Journalism, Ledes, Psychology for Writers, Rhetoric, Standfirst, The Guardian, Writing Process

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