The document discusses different types of online writing and provides tips. It notes that as writers, one should consider their audience and choose an appropriate style for the context, such as using an informal tone with friends but a professional tone when emailing a professor. Additionally, it encourages using various digital tools like graphics, video and sound to supplement writing and engage broader audiences online.

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A few tips for online writing

6. If you’re an English major, chances are you consider
yourself a writer. Even if you aren’t an English major, as a
college student, you make important choices that involve
writing every day.

7. If you’re an English major, chances are you consider
yourself a writer. Even if you aren’t an English major, as a
college student, you make important choices that involve
writing every day.
•You probably have written
essays and research papers for
school.

8. If you’re an English major, chances are you consider
yourself a writer. Even if you aren’t an English major, as a
college student, you make important choices that involve
writing every day.
•You probably have written
essays and research papers for
school.
•Maybe you write fiction.

9. If you’re an English major, chances are you consider
yourself a writer. Even if you aren’t an English major, as a
college student, you make important choices that involve
writing every day.
•You probably have written
essays and research papers for
school.
•Maybe you write fiction.
•Maybe you write poetry.

10. If you’re an English major, chances are you consider
yourself a writer. Even if you aren’t an English major, as a
college student, you make important choices that involve
writing every day.
•You probably have written
essays and research papers for
school.
•Maybe you write fiction.
•Maybe you write poetry.
•Maybe you keep a journal.

11. If you’re an English major, chances are you consider
yourself a writer. Even if you aren’t an English major, as a
college student, you make important choices that involve
writing every day.
•You probably have written
essays and research papers for
school.
•Maybe you write fiction.
•Maybe you write poetry.
•Maybe you keep a journal.
These different forms of writing require different
approaches and styles.

12. Your personal journaling style probably wouldn’t be appropriate for an
academic paper, and an academic tone would look silly in a journal.

13. Your personal journaling style probably wouldn’t be appropriate for an
academic paper, and an academic tone would look silly in a journal.

14. Your personal journaling style probably wouldn’t be appropriate for an
academic paper, and an academic tone would look silly in a journal.
April 28, 2009
Dear Diary,
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complication, in that they
reproduce the denotative
argument of the book in a
connotative or autoreferent
spiral.

16. There are other kinds of writing that you may not have
considered.

17. There are other kinds of writing that you may not have
considered.
Do you -

18. There are other kinds of writing that you may not have
considered.
Do you -
•email your professors?

19. There are other kinds of writing that you may not have
considered.
Do you -
•email your professors?
•instant message your friends and family?

20. There are other kinds of writing that you may not have
considered.
Do you -
•email your professors?
•instant message your friends and family?
•have a blog?

21. There are other kinds of writing that you may not have
considered.
Do you -
•email your professors?
•instant message your friends and family?
•have a blog?
•a Twitter?

22. There are other kinds of writing that you may not have
considered.
Do you -
•email your professors?
•instant message your friends and family?
•have a blog?
•a Twitter?
•a Facebook profile?

23. There are other kinds of writing that you may not have
considered.
Do you -
•email your professors?
•instant message your friends and family?
•have a blog?
•a Twitter?
•a Facebook profile?
•an online portfolio?

24. There are other kinds of writing that you may not have
considered.
Do you -
•email your professors?
•instant message your friends and family?
•have a blog?
•a Twitter?
•a Facebook profile?
•an online portfolio?
These forms of writing require you to make
the same kinds of choices you would for more
“traditional” forms.

25. Leaving a comment on your friend’s Facebook wall is like leaving a note on a
post-it.

26. Leaving a comment on your friend’s Facebook wall is like leaving a note on a
post-it.

27. Leaving a comment on your friend’s Facebook wall is like leaving a note on a
post-it.
MMA the library.
ttyl <3

28. This approach may not work so well in
an email to your professor.

29. This approach may not work so well in
an email to your professor.

30. This approach may not work so well in
an email to your professor.
cnt mke it 2 cls. 2 sick. sry. lol

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You’re a new company looking for a professional artist to
design your logo. Who are you more likely to hire?

37. Professional?

39. Or not?

41. Be sure to consider your audience, and how
you want them to perceive you, when you’re
creating an online representation of yourself.

43. One more thing...

44. One more thing...

45. One more thing...
Get Creative.

48. Technology has given us new tools for
writing. Graphics, sound, and video are
basic tools for supplementing online
writing. You may not consider the
various elements that make up a
website to be quot;writing,quot; but consider
the possibility of using visual
representation to support an idea or
drive home a point.
Technology is changing the way we
communicate, share ideas, and
represent ourselves as multifaceted
individuals.
As writers, it's important that we
learn to use the tools available to us.
A broader range of tools to draw
from means a broader audience that
may be reached.

49. Technology has given us new tools for
writing. Graphics, sound, and video are
basic tools for supplementing online
writing. You may not consider the
various elements that make up a
website to be quot;writing,quot; but consider
the possibility of using visual
representation to support an idea or
drive home a point.
Technology is changing the way we
communicate, share ideas, and
represent ourselves as multifaceted
individuals.
As writers, it's important that we
learn to use the tools available to us.
A broader range of tools to draw
from means a broader audience that
may be reached.

50. Technology has given us new tools for
writing. Graphics, sound, and video are
basic tools for supplementing online
writing. You may not consider the
various elements that make up a
website to be quot;writing,quot; but consider
the possibility of using visual
representation to support an idea or
drive home a point.
Technology is changing the way we
communicate, share ideas, and
represent ourselves as multifaceted
individuals.
As writers, it's important that we
learn to use the tools available to us.
A broader range of tools to draw
from means a broader audience that
may be reached.

51. Technology has given us new tools for
writing. Graphics, sound, and video are
basic tools for supplementing online
writing. You may not consider the
various elements that make up a
website to be quot;writing,quot; but consider
the possibility of using visual
representation to support an idea or
drive home a point.
Technology is changing the way we
communicate, share ideas, and
represent ourselves as multifaceted
individuals.
With “traditional” forms of writing, we
As writers, it's important that we
must rely on text, and perhaps the
learn to use the tools available to us.
occasional graphic.
A broader range of tools to draw
from means a broader audience that
may be reached.

52. Technology has given us new tools for
writing. Graphics, sound, and video are
basic tools for supplementing online
writing. You may not consider the
various elements that make up a
website to be quot;writing,quot; but consider
the possibility of using visual
representation to support an idea or
drive home a point.
Technology is changing the way we
communicate, share ideas, and
represent ourselves as multifaceted
individuals.
With “traditional” forms of writing, we
As writers, it's important that we
must rely on text, and perhaps the
learn to use the tools available to us.
occasional graphic.
A broader range of tools to draw
from means a broader audience that
Wouldn’t this slide be more
may be reached.
interesting with tasteful and
appropriate graphics, video, and
color?

54. Like this?

56. I hope this gave you a few things to consider
about the way you write online...

57. I hope this gave you a few things to consider
about the way you write online...

58. I hope this gave you a few things to consider
about the way you write online...
It’s a Digital Age...write something.