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http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/ 
Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments
| Kairos is an electronic journal designed to serve as a peer-reviewed resource for teachers, researchers, and tutors of writing at the college and university level. This includes; Technical Writing, Business Writing, Professional Communication, Creative Writing, Composition, and Literature. The goal of Kairos is "to offer a progressive and innovative online forum for the exploration of writing, learning, and teaching in hypertextual environments like the World-Wide Web." |
http://http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/writing_content.htm
Writing Effective Web Pages
| Writing for the Web is not like writing on paper. It is said that reading on the computer screen is some 25% slower than on paper. This document provides some useful guidelines for Web writing, including: how ideas rule structure, limiting one idea to a group of words, the content of each subsequent page should be apparent by its link, and consistent with its predecessor, and focus on the message and invite feedback. |
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Net Style Newsletter by Rob Norton
| Excerpts:
The most important difference between writing that's been tailored for web publication and writing designed for paper media is structure.
Web readers are very impatient and want to find out quickly whether the material they are scanning is relevant to them.
Among the most important elements of structure for online reading is paragraph length. The ideal length depends not only on the kind of writing you're doing and the style and tone you adopt, but also on the format and medium in which you're writing. It's as much a visual as a verbal question.
To subscribe to this free weekly Newsletter, send an email to the above address. |
Killian, Crawford. Writing on the Web. Bellingham, WA: Self-Council Press. 1999 (reprinted 2001).
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"It is now time to tell you about this excellent resource about the art and science of web writing... best used as an introduction... or a class dedicated to online writing... it is user centered and user driven... packed with excellent examples... it covers things that you simply won't find in other places." (From a review by John S. Rhodes) |
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