Blogstyle

Today, I'm thinking style. Not the "Devil Wears Prada" sort, but blogstyle. As a teacher of writing About.com's Avram Pilch's "Web Writing Rules to Live By" caught my attention. Here are his rules (although some really need his explication to provide the full benefit):

1.Conserve Your Words
2.Write to Empower, Not to Impress
3. Follow a consistent Web Writing Style Guide
4. Avoid Unnecessary Intro Text
5. Avoid Redundant Adjectives
6. Watch Out for Wimpy Words
7. Replace Wordy Phrases with Single Words
8. Replace Prepositional Phrases With Adjectives
9. Don't Turn Verbs Into Nouns
10. Use Precise Language

These are good rules to pass on to my students for their blogging as well as for their other compositions.

Image credit: "Prada Eyeware Models." Go Optic. 30 May 2007 www.go-optic.com/sunglasses/images/PRada12HS.jpg.