04 March 2005
Below Zero: Blogs - Get rid of the rhetoric!
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"... when writing for blogs, authors should try to condense text as much as possible and cut out all of the artificial, showy language."
Web Design on at Shoestring
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"Be straightforward and sincere. Keep sentences and paragraphs short. “Chunk” long copy into sections. Use descriptive headers."
down the writer's path: Why blog? Is writing for blogs first draft writing?
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"Is writing for blogs first draft writing?" Definitely not!
23 February 2005
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eCuaderno v.2.0: Escribir para la Web
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A list of English and Spanish language links on writing for the web
Scuttlebutt: Better Blog Writing
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The following sites contain some good advice about writing for blogs ...
Back Pages: Blog fast, die young
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10 rules of blogging for readers (at the bottom of the post)
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