Use a concrete-then-abstract pattern to pull readers forward. Start with a concrete example, probably more concrete than you feel it needs to be, and then make the more general point.
Any rationale? I generally state the principle first and then give a concrete example.
If I do it the other way around, I fear the reader will go: “what’s up with the story?”—and turn off.
That is pretty much what happens in reverse when other authors launch into examples without telling me where they are going with them.
Any rationale? I generally state the principle first and then give a concrete example.
If I do it the other way around, I fear the reader will go: “what’s up with the story?”—and turn off.
That is pretty much what happens in reverse when other authors launch into examples without telling me where they are going with them.