Letting Go of the Words
by Janice (Ginny) Redish
Redish on writing web content people actually use: conversation, scanning, headings, lists and cutting everything that does not serve the reader's task. The standard text on web writing.
Read it if…
you write for websites or apps.
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Skip it if…
you write long-form prose.
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Three things you will actually use
- People scan; write for it.
- Answer the reader's question first.
- Less is usable.
Do this first
Cut your homepage copy by half and test whether anything is missed.
Our verdict
The web-writing standard.
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