Center for Plain Language: "A communication is in plain language if the people who are the audience for that communication can quickly and easily
* find what they need
* understand what they find
* act appropriately on that understanding"
Friday, April 23, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Alan Siegel: Let's simplify legal jargon! | Video on TED.com
Alan Siegel: Let's simplify legal jargon! | Video on TED.com: "Tax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They're crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly long. He calls for a simple, sensible redesign -- and plain English -- to make legal paperwork intelligible to the rest of us."
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
10 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas That Work | Copyblogger
10 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas That Work | Copyblogger: "10 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas That Work"
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Ten rules for writing fiction | Books | guardian.co.uk
Ten rules for writing fiction | Books | guardian.co.uk: "Get an accountant, abstain from sex and similes, cut, rewrite, then cut and rewrite again – if all else fails, pray. Inspired by Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing, we asked authors for their personal dos and don'ts"
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Wes Nisker
Dharma teacher and stand up comic (biology flavour)
Audio talks at http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/191/
Dharma teacher and stand up comic (biology flavour)
Audio talks at http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/191/
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
100 Free Web Tools That Will Make You a Better Writer | Online College Degree
100 Free Web Tools That Will Make You a Better Writer | Online College Degree: "100 Free Web Tools That Will Make You a Better Writer"
Friday, November 13, 2009
Monday, December 08, 2008
Holt Uncensored � The Ten Mistakes
Holt Uncensored � The Ten Mistakes: "Ten Mistakes Writers Don’t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)"
Monday, October 13, 2008
Copy editing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Copy editing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The “Five Cs” summarize the copy editor's job: make the copy (i) clear, (ii) correct, (iii) concise, (iv) comprehensible, and (v) consistent; that is: make it say what it means, and mean what it says. Typically, copy editing involves correcting spelling, punctuation, grammar, terminology and semantics; ensuring that the typescript adheres to the publisher's house style; and adding headlines and standardized headers, footers, etc."
Friday, September 26, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Improve Your Writing - Table of Contents
Improve Your Writing - Table of Contents
University of Bristol online tutorial
University of Bristol online tutorial
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