[thelist] Writing for the Web (fwd)

[Jeremy Ridout]

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel J. Cody [mailto:djc at members.evolt.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:50 AM
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:41:16 -0500
> From: Susan Wallace <susanhw at webcastle.com>
> To: thelist at evolt.org
> Subject: Writing for the Web
> 
> 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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