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By: Writing out loud: how is my online voice? | Articles | Content Formula

Writing out loud: how is my online voice? | Articles | Content Formula — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:18:13 +0000

[...] For a start, you want people to retain information. Formal writing tends to be less readable: people have to work harder to interpret an article, because it reads like a college essay and loses any sense of conversation. [...]

By: article dude

article dude — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:33:24 +0000

And re-read it next week to see what it looks like! Nice post!
I read somewhere that when writing sales pages you should pretend that the people reading them are 8 year olds, then you cannot go wrong.
Just use easy language and down to the point.

Personally I’ll appreciate anything with good content over anything with poor content, regardless of the form and if the writer’s personality shines through it, then reading might even be fun.
keep up the good work
mark

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Primero pienso, leo, reviso y luego escribo en internet » Cosas sencillas — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:34:14 +0000

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Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:24:40 +0000

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By: Syven

Syven — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:54:03 +0000

Mike, thanks.

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By: After the MFA - Academic Writing Kills

After the MFA - Academic Writing Kills — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:25:16 +0000

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