{"id":2833,"date":"2021-03-02T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T04:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2021-03-29T13:03:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T17:03:51","slug":"how-do-you-write-a-good-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you write a good transition?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Internal transitions make your message flow smoothly<\/h2>\n<p>Internal, or small, transitions move your copy from paragraph to paragraph, from sentence to sentence, from idea to idea.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25878\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition.png\" data-orig-size=\"450,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-do-you-write-a-good-transition\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge the gaps&lt;\/strong&gt; Internal transitions move your copy from paragraph to paragraph, from sentence to sentence, from idea to idea. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/hand-drawing-arrow-sign-opposite-direction-265447892&quot; title=&quot;_blank&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by patpitchaya&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition.png\" alt=\"How do you write a good transition\" title=\"How do you write a good transition\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25878 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition.png 450w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition-300x200.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 450\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition.png\" data-orig-size=\"450,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-do-you-write-a-good-transition\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge the gaps&lt;\/strong&gt; Internal transitions move your copy from paragraph to paragraph, from sentence to sentence, from idea to idea. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/hand-drawing-arrow-sign-opposite-direction-265447892&quot; title=&quot;_blank&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by patpitchaya&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition.png\" alt=\"How do you write a good transition\" title=\"How do you write a good transition\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition.png 450w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-do-you-write-a-good-transition-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Bridge the gaps<\/strong> Internal transitions move your copy from paragraph to paragraph, from sentence to sentence, from idea to idea. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/hand-drawing-arrow-sign-opposite-direction-265447892\" title=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Image by patpitchaya<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These are the nows, the laters, the after thats; the howevers, yets and buts; and the thuses, the stills, the neverthelesses.<\/p>\n<p>These copy connectors keep your story from feeling like a series of fits and starts, jumps and jerks or sudden shifts of scene.<\/p>\n<p>To polish these internal transitions:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Make good connections.<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s pause and ponder <em>that <\/em>for a minute too.<br \/>\nTo make sure your copy flows smoothly from one point to the next:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Compare and contrast<\/strong> (\u201cHowever \u2026 Yet \u2026 Still\u201d)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Move chronologically<\/strong> (\u201cIn 1985 \u2026 A few years later \u2026 In the future\u201d)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Travel geographically<\/strong> (\u201cIn the White House \u2026 Meanwhile, back at the ranch\u201d)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Progress sequentially<\/strong> (\u201cFirst \u2026 Second \u2026 Third \u2026\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2.\u00a0Pivot to a new topic.<\/h3>\n<p>Turn the story neatly from one idea into the next using a super-short paragraph.<\/p>\n<p>Try it. It works.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Make them invisible.<\/h3>\n<p>Some folks use internal transitions to turn literary cartwheels.\u00a0But the best internal transitions are invisible: Readers should hardly notice them. \u201cLook at me!\u201d transitions can distract readers from the substance of the story or its narrative line.<\/p>\n<h3>There\u2019s a time for drama.<\/h3>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s never a time to write dramatic transitions. 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