Writing Tips - Unity

Unity is the anchor of good writing.  So, first get your unities straight.  Unity not only keeps the reader from straggling of in all directions; it satisfies your readers' subconscious need for order and reasures them that all is well at the helm . . . Just remember that all the unities must be fitted into the edifice you finally put together, however backwardly they may be assembled, or it will soon come tumbling down.

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ON WRITING WELL

excerpts from Chapter 8 - Unity

by William Zinsser