The Web Writer's Guide
Edition: 2nd printing
Publisher: Focal Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780240804811
Copyright date: 2002
Description: Drawing on the advice of experts in the field, The Web Writer's Guide serves as the ideal sourcebook for tips and ideas for freelance and staff writers of online content. This book provides writers of all levels with the information they need in an accessible, easy-to-use fashion. To the many deadline- and project-conscious writers out there who need to further adapt to the dynamics of digital media, this easy-to-use, comprehensive guide serves as a remarkable guidepost. 

Featuring interviews with Web writers and developers, this guide will offer writers the benefit of many years' combined field experience as well as a sense of how the content factors into various online publications.

The Web Writer's Guide toolkit includes twenty-four checklists, worksheets, and forms that aid online writers to submit complete, concise, and clean copy. The checklists are also useful career path tools. For those new to online writing, the Quick Start section of the book is organized to help you produce quality copy quickly and professionally, for the first time and thereafter.
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Table of contents: title: Counter Quick Start Section Web World Statistics Differences in the Web World Web Site Principles Usability Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Navigation Cues Getting Ready to Write A Primer on Using Search Engines Writing Content for the Web Online writing principles Personality Humor You Stickiness User-Generated Content Active voice Total Package Credibility Date documents Joltage Titles Subheadings Leads Links Lists Long Documents Microcontent Content Checklist Newspaper Style Nielsen’s (3 Step) Guidelines for writing for the Web Wordiness Editing Your Online Writing E-zines E-Mail Newsletters Finding Online Writing Jobs Marketing and Promoting Yourself as an Online Writer Corporate Communication (Internets, Extranets, Intranets) E-Commerce on the Web Copyright in the Web World Contracts and Electronic Rights Online News Appendix Online Learning E-Books Glossary Index