For Writers, Writing Is Never a Waste of Time: Part 2

For Writers, Writing Is Never a Waste of Time: Part 2

23y Kathy Henning

For Writers, Writing Is Never a Waste of Time: Par...

The secret of being a good writer is being a good rewriter. Revision is the name of the game. Because whether you're a student or a professor, a begin...

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Writing Words That Resonate

Writing Words That Resonate

23y Kathy Henning

Writing Words That Resonate

If the words you write for a Web site are just add-ons, afterthoughts, they'll fall flat. Want your words to resonate? Then connect with every aspect ...

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For Writers, Writing Is Never a Waste of Time

For Writers, Writing Is Never a Waste of Time

23y Kathy Henning

For Writers, Writing Is Never a Waste of Time

In its fifth draft, your article is pretty near perfect. Then the company president puts the kibosh on it. You work nonstop on a piece for an hour. Th...

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Strategies for Writing Tighter

Strategies for Writing Tighter

23y Kathy Henning

Strategies for Writing Tighter

With or without a keyboard, high-octane coffee, or a full lexicon, there's more than one way to become a tighter writer. Read how others have honed th...

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Wireless: Good News for Writers Who Write Tight

Wireless: Good News for Writers Who Write Tight

23y Kathy Henning

Wireless: Good News for Writers Who Write Tight

The wireless Internet will be a lucrative medium for Web writers who excel at writing tight copy. Cultivate a tighter style by writing on a PDA. Or pr...

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Writing Consistently Across Media: Ten Proofreading Tips

Writing Consistently Across Media: Ten Proofreading Tips

23y Kathy Henning

Writing Consistently Across Media: Ten Proofreadin...

In an age of lightning-speed innovation, consistency can be underrated. But it shouldn't be. Think of it as akin to an actor's staying in character. C...

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Online, Consistency Is Crucial

Online, Consistency Is Crucial

23y Kathy Henning

Online, Consistency Is Crucial

Is consistency the hobgoblin of little minds? No, it's only the foolish kind that is (or so said Emerson). Kathy's talking about the other consistency...

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Writing for Readers Who Scan

Writing for Readers Who Scan

23y Kathy Henning

Writing for Readers Who Scan

According to Jakob Nielsen, an expert on Web usability, 79 percent of Web users scan online text. So if you want your message to be read by more than ...

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Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Writing Unambiguously

Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Writing Unambiguously

23y Kathy Henning

Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Writing Unambiguously

Part of Groucho's appeal -- and Henny Youngman's ("Take my wife, please") -- is that he uses ambiguity humorously ("Outside of a dog, a book is man's ...

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Clarity by Design

Clarity by Design

23y Kathy Henning

Clarity by Design

Ages ago, your high school English teacher told you to make sure your writing is clear. Think this is less important on the web? If so, think again. I...

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The Seven Qualities of Highly Successful Web Writing

The Seven Qualities of Highly Successful Web Writing

23y Kathy Henning

The Seven Qualities of Highly Successful Web Writi...

Kathy Henning addresses the seven qualities of highly successful web writing: clarity, relevance, brevity, scanability and readability, consistency, f...

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Writing Well Online: Talent Isn't Enough

Writing Well Online: Talent Isn't Enough

23y Kathy Henning

Writing Well Online: Talent Isn't Enough

Thomas Mann, 1929 Nobel laureate, once said: "A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." Kathy explains why ...

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