Transitions

Read James 1-5

James 1:16 "Do not err, my beloved brethren."

Nearly every type of writing needs transitions. Both fiction and nonfiction rely on transitions so readers aren’t jarred by abrupt changes and can easily follow the piece.

Nonfiction transitional phrases might include words like finally or next. Sometimes the transition might be a word in the last sentence of a paragraph repeated in the first sentence of the following paragraph.

Fiction transitions usually involve marking time, for instance later that day, or after he left. Other times an extra space between paragraphs or a new chapter may mark the transitions.