Sorry this just gave me a flashback to my college writing course, where a common bit of advice included summaries of the paragraph in the beginning and end (bas

Sorry this just gave me a flashback to my college writing course, where a common bit of advice included summaries of the paragraph in the beginning and end (basically) and details in the middle. Is there a vast conspiracy to ensure that "good writing" fits a common format that's easy to speed read? :O Or more likely, it's just a good way to format paragraphs, and speed reading tips just follow the convention.