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Generally, we produce the writing by a template, either an
inner, unconscious template or an outer, explicit template. The
template is usually designed to make sure that we, as writers,
cover everything we should, but it is not necessarily the order
of the reader's interest.
To reorganize--which is to reconsider most powerfully for
the reader's needs--you might follow any one of, or all of, these
guidelines:
- Outline your draft now that you know all that you have to
say.
- Check paragraphs for conclusive topic sentences.
- Check data tables and bullets to see that you have introduced
them with a powerful conclusive statement.
- Check your beginning sentence of each section to see that
it spills the beans.
- Examine each section to make sure that it answers the implied
question of that section and that it answers the question at
the top of a paragraph.
- Check your ending sentence to make sure that it is emphatic.
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