Here’s a paragraph about short sentences: Ideas about the building of paragraphs from sentences usually concern ‘topic sentences’ and the ordering of ‘subordinate ideas.’ ...

There is an inclination among weak writers to use there at the beginning of sentences. Look at the slow-starting agglomeration of words in the previous sentence: It’s a wet noodle of a sentence ...

Writing a strong topic sentence that establishes the subject of the paragraph Using "echo words" -- i.e., consistent terms for the concepts throughout Applying transitions to link sentences logically ...

A topic sentence – this tells the reader what the paragraph is going to be about. The middle section – new sentences are often added here to expand on the main idea introduced by the topic ...