Jerz: Writing for the Internet (EL 236)


11 Oct 2006

Price and Price, Hot Text

Skim chapters 14, 15, and 16. Post a single blog entry that includes interesting quotations from each chapter.

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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BurtPrelutsky/2006/09/01/all_the_news_that_fits,
as a liberal I feel that this site is leading American journalists to think and behave in a manner that is deemed Republican.
Chapter 14, states that "guests skim your headline, galane at the lead phrase or sentence, and, if you are lucky skim the first paragraph or two. After that, most leave. Make the opening hooks sharp.
I to agree in a way that users do not want to be bored they want convience.
Everything has to be quick, fast, and effective.

Posted by: jeremy barrick at October 12, 2006 05:53 PM

Chapter 15, Entertaining People Who Like To Read:
"styles count even more on the web. Paragraphs should be around three sentences. The text should be broken up into chunks/ or sections with a subhead."
The shorter the sweeter.
People understand paragraphs that are not wordy and defines terms.

Posted by: jeremy barrick at October 12, 2006 05:57 PM

Chapter 16: Getting a job.

The most imporatnt chapter I have read in the Price book.
This pertains to college students who are out there looking.
"A resume answers the questions of the person who screens resumes.
- who are you?
-can you work at the level we are looking for?
-what exactly can you do for us?
-have you already done something like that?
-who trusted you enough to hire you to do that?
-did they keep you on the job beyond the honeymoon?
-what exactly were you responsible for on those jobs?
-what tasks have the organizations entrusted to you?"
We all will eventually have to go out to seek careers at some point.

Posted by: jeremy barrick at October 12, 2006 06:03 PM
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