If writing does not come as naturally as leaves to tree, it can be learnt. The art of it is in-built, the science of it comes in training sessions. Coherence Pays.

1. Coherence
Coherence etymologically comes from a Latin word. It
literally means “ to cling”.
“ Flow, those visible links that bind the sentences of a
paragraph , can be established in two basic ways. The
first is to establish a master plan at the beginning of
the paragraph and to introduce each new idea by a
word or phrase that marks its place in the plan. The
second concentrates on linking sentences successively
as the paragraph develops, making sure that each
statement connects with the ones preceding it.”
(Thomas Kane, The New Oxford Guide to Writing)

2. The text can be coherent at two levels :
1. Local level
2. Global level.
At the local level coherence occurs within
small proportions of the text , usually within
texts no longer than a paragraph.
A larger text hanging together as a whole is
said to have global coherence.
(Duane.H.Roen)

3. Example :
(5) (a) Twelve year term of imprisonment. (b)
LONDON, APRIL 10. (c) The London court has
convicted a Brighton resident to twelve years
imprisonment for accessory to murder. (d) The
victim was fatally wounded in a shooting
incident in a Winchester restaurant last year.

4. Another Example :
• "Scientific agriculture, however sound in principle, often seems strangely
unrelated to, and unaware of, the vital, grueling job of making a living by
farming. Farmers sense this quality in it as they study their bulletins, just
as a poor man senses in a rich man an incomprehension of his own
problems. The farmer of today knows, for example, that manure loses
some of its value when exposed to the weather; but he also knows how
soon the sun goes down on all of us, and if there is a window handy at the
cow's stern he pitches the dressing out into the yard and kisses the
nitrogen goodbye. There is usually not time in one man's lifetime to do
different. The farmer knows that early-cut hay is better feed
thanhay which has been left standing through the hot dry days of late
July. He hasn't worked out the vitamin losses, but he knows just by looking
at the grass that some of the good has gone out of it. But he knows
also that to make hay he needs settled weather--betterweather than you
usually get in June.

5. If you are coherent in your writing:
• It means :
1. You write every thing in a logically layed out
manner.
2. All ideas and thoughts and observations are
logically connected.
3. One leads smoothly to another.
4. Each paragraph leads to the main idea and
each paragraph leads logically to the previous
one.

6. 5. There seems to be a constant connect with
the main idea and the various paragraphs
and chapters.
6. It makes the reader sense that there is a
constant flow in your writing.
7. It also means you are very consistent in your
writing.
8. It means that conciseness flows through your
consistency.

7. 9. It means you are well aware of how to write in
formal and academic English.
10. It means you have clarity in your thoughts and
your thoughts are compatible with your writing.
Continuity is the key to Coherence . Some of the very
well and brilliantly written scholarly works read
seamlessly from the first sentence to the last.