Building an effective paragraph

There are five main steps to building an effective paragraph. One is to focus on the main point. In this step you should have a topic sentence that will inform the readers what the paragraph is going to about. Each other sentence is going to support that topic sentence. If a sentence doesn’t support the main topic then get rid of it. The next step is to develop the main point. In creating an effective paragraph one must have enough information that will provide what the writer wants to inform the audience about.
The next step the writer must choose a suitable pattern of organization. One could choose example and illustration or narration is another pattern which tells a story or part of a story. Description pattern is another way a writer could describes a scene, person place, or thing with such detail that the reader could imagine it. Process is a pattern that describes things or events in chronological order. There is compare and contrast pattern and analogy, which compare similar things. Cause and effect and classifications and divisions are another pattern and the final pattern is definition.
The forth step is making the paragraph coherent. This is where each sentence flows from one to another. One must be able to link ideas clearly. To do this the writer should keep repeating key words and keep the same structure throughout the essay and each paragraph. The writer must maintain consistency so the reader knows and understands what the writer is trying to say.
The final step after is to adjust paragraph length. Reasons for beginning a new paragraph is of course introduction and conclusions, but signals to shift to a new idea or to emphasize a point.  A writer may need to connect paragraph to clarify an idea or to connect two closely related ideas.
For me I realized the important to not only have a thesis statement but to have a topic sentence in each paragraph to provide the reader what you’re writing about in each paragraph. A topic sentence tells you even what you should maintain on writing about. I found that even if I feel a sentence is good or may have impact if it doesn’t stay on topic it doesn’t belong.