Re: Nov 09

1. Thank you for the lesson « my vanilla world

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   ramblinglibrarian 07-Nov-2009
   

   The title made me wonder "what lesson"? ^{link »}

   The "hook". Notice how this line stands alone. And the direct concise way of writing. ^{link »}

   Consider the author's choice of words: "tearing through". ^{link »}

   The linkage to "lessons", i.e. even in death the deceased was still in a position to teach others. ^{link »}

   Overall comments: The writing is in sequence but the use of white space, the logical sequence and insertion of commentaries/ reflection - the flow just makes the reading continue to the end. ^{link »}

   tags: nov 09, myvanillaworld.wordpress.com, annotations

   myvanillaworld.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/thank-you · Original page

2. Obama's Asian odyssey | Simon Tay | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

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   ramblinglibrarian 03-Nov-2009
   

   See if you can spot the "good practices" in writing for blogs/ social media. ^{link »}

   Use of hyerlinks ^{link »}

   Writing/ "speaking" to you as the reader, one to one. ^{link »}

   Think about his choice of words: "fighting", "hamstrung". ^{link »}

   More of the "fighting" analogy. Also, notice the use of whitespace and overall symmetry of the piece. ^{link »}

   tags: nov 09, guardian.co.uk, writing

   www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/ · Original page