What Kinds of Writing Have a Future
by Richard Horn
Center for the Study of Language and Information -- Stanford University
My initial method— cut apart books
The way I did it was to sit down with textbooks and cut them apart into individual sentences.
I then asked the question: “What function is this sentence performing?”
The science of organizing written information
The science of organizing written information
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- Nonc Hilaire
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Re: The science of organizing written information
It would be interesting to read what Horn has to say about written communications today, especially having to write so your work can read efficiently on a screen.
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Re: The science of organizing written information
Writing copy for websites is the worst.Nonc Hilaire wrote:It would be interesting to read what Horn has to say about written communications today, especially having to write so your work can read efficiently on a screen.
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Re: The science of organizing written information
It seems that he hasn't been active in recent years.Nonc Hilaire wrote:It would be interesting to read what Horn has to say about written communications today, especially having to write so your work can read efficiently on a screen.
I think that what he has to say definitely applies to work read on a screen.
Put the most important sentences on the initial page with hypertext links to explanations, discussions, more details, etc.
The user can scan over most of the page and follow links to more information on items of interest.
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Re: The science of organizing written information
When writing for the web you have to write both for the human audience and for the search engine. It's an interesting writing challenge.
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
-Alexander Hamilton
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Re: The science of organizing written information
How do you address that challenge? Do you have any examples?
I think such examples could be useful to figure out how to do more effective searches.
I use words that rarely go together, except for what I'm looking for.
I think such examples could be useful to figure out how to do more effective searches.
I use words that rarely go together, except for what I'm looking for.
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