“Content design in practice” is the latest version of a training course on writing and editing that I present with Jane Matthews. This course started in 2004 Back in 2004, Lesley Twitchen from HM Revenue and Customs asked me toContinue reading… Content design in practice May 2023
Tag: writing for the web
Rest it and test it – poster
‘Rest it and test it’ is a poster about writing by me and illustrator Julia Allum. Rest it: leave it alone for a few hours When you’re writing – web, print, whatever – and you care about the outcome, it’sContinue reading… Rest it and test it – poster
Write clearly: take your web writing to the next level 2016
These slides, setting out a series of rules for producing clear and effective web writing, come from a workshop delivered to staff of EMBL/EBI in May 2016. Write Clearly: take your web writing to the next level, May 2016 fromContinue reading… Write clearly: take your web writing to the next level 2016
Write clearly: how to take your writing for the web to the next level
These slides form part of a workshop on writing and editing for the web, delivered for EMBL-EBI in June 2012. Write clearly: take your web writing to the next level from Caroline Jarrett
Writing and editing for the web, EMBL-EBI 2011
These slides form part of a workshop I ran for an international group of staff at EMBL-EBI. Writing and editing for the web – expanded version from Caroline Jarrett
Book review: Letting go of the words: by Ginny Redish
This month, I’m enthusing about Ginny Redish’s new book Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Morgan Kaufmann). If you write, or your clients write, then you’ll learn from it. If you’re working on a content-rich website:Continue reading… Book review: Letting go of the words: by Ginny Redish
Good headings help, bad headings hurt
I’ve been on the road recently, teaching my ‘Editing that Works’ workshops to teams of web content providers in a government department. ‘Choose what to say,’ I urge them. And do it like this: apply temporary headings to your text,Continue reading… Good headings help, bad headings hurt