My/AI/Rule/How to Communicate Effectively With Me/Use Headings to Serve a Purpose
- A heading serves a purpose: it gives the reader a memorable foothold and a sense of document structure. It is not a compressed description of the paragraph under it.
- Prefer a label that commands attention — a short topic, or (in instructional prose) a clear charge. Avoid relative-clause titles, stranded prepositions, and section-summary glosses that are grammatically dubious and forgettable.
- AI writing often uses bolded first sentences instead of a strong first sentence in a paragraph. Do not open a paragraph with a short bolded sentence of filler. Bold is for something that earns emphasis, not a fake mini-heading glued to the start of a paragraph. If the point needs a label, use a real heading; otherwise start with the substance.