[thelist] Writing for the Web (fwd)
Jeremy Ridout
jridout at acep.org
Thu Aug 30 10:55:09 CDT 2001
There are several books on the subject ("writing for the web")... do an
Amazon or BN search and you'll find about 15 matches.
Good luck
Jeremy
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> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:41:16 -0500
> From: Susan Wallace <susanhw at webcastle.com>
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> Subject: Writing for the Web
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> Greetings!
>
> I have a client that is going to embark on a mission to bring more
> interesting information to their clients by interviewing and
> reviewing
> materials specific to their industry. I explained to him that
> writing for
> the web is much different than writing for print (and please
> don't make us
> read another formulaic artist interview!) and he came back to
> me with the
> question "Where can I learn more about how to write for the web?"
>
> A Google search turned up a reference at sun.com that was
> from 1998, and a
> reference to Jakob Nielsens site.
>
> http://www.sun.com/980713/webwriting/
>
> and
>
> http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/
>
> The items at Nielsens site seem to be a good starting point,
> but I am not a
> content writer, so I am not a good judge. In addition to
> these items, are
> there any books or other sites that you would recommend? This
> person has
> *decent* writing skills by my uninformed judgement, but he is
> not a trained
> writer, if that helps with pointing out references.
>
> TIA!
> Susan
>
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