Paragraphs as Building Blocks of the Whole Paper, and as Ways to See the "Shape of the Paper" All at Once

Paragraph Size:  Typical academic prose paragraphs are between five sentences and 200 to 250 words long, i.e., 1 typed page [check the left margins!].

Paragraph Coherence: you can add coherence inside existing paragraphs by rewriting their sentences and making sure of what they are doing for your thesis

Write or Rewrite Introductions and Conclusions Last in Your Paper-Production Process