Writing Tips

To The Writer Who Didn’t Label Their Last Paragraph “Final Thoughts”

How dare you toy with readers

Actress Evelyn Preer in a scene from The Homesteader, 1939, The New York Public Library | Public Domain

I was reading an online article recently, and the writer did something barbaric. They did not inform me that their last paragraph was the last paragraph. Yes, that’s right. There was no heading labeled “Final Thoughts,” “In Conclusion,” or “That’s All…