TribeCamp 2010: Writing for the Web

1. ` Writing for the Web (how to follow the rules when the rules don’t exist) elizabethcawein

3. Many different styles co-existing in one place

4. The way we use the Web dictates that it lends itself to a more conversational style. It gives people the tendency to want to DO THIS!!!!!PLEASE DON’T DO THAT!!!!

5. the challenges And truthfully, there ARE rules. Like the generally accepted rule that CAPSLOCK = yelling. Only, really? Even that is changing.

6. the challenges The web allows for language to be more demonstrative. Whereas in formal print writing you’d never do THIS to emphasize a point, in Web writing, you might. You might also italicize or bold.

7. the challenges So maybe it’s not accurate to say that there aren’t any rules. It’s more like this. confusion

9. What is the demographic?

11. AP Style, Chicago, MLA

16. Tag, tag, tag

17. Use alt tags on images

19. Develop style

20. Keep it consistent

21. Edit, edit, editQuestions?

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