What kinds of writing are needed for the web?
More and more web developers will be looking for trained writers to work in this new medium. Writers will be describing products; telling stories; training people; teaching children; publishing columns; writing fiction. Writers will also be writing manuals that are published and downloaded on the web; they will write courses, instructions, technical support, product descriptions, advertising, scientific papers and more on the web. Most of all, writers will be inventing new ways to use the world wide web. Slowly writers and other content producers on the web are figuring out the ways you can tell stories in this new medium. What are some things to think about when writing for the web? • How does it look on the screen? Is the type too big? Is it too small? Is there too much of it? Translated for a writer this means you have to learn to say something in a lot less words if you want to be sure the viewer will read it all. • Who is my audience on the world wide web? Usually when you write f
