Multimedia Communications: Writing and Display Principles

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Writing for Multimedia

What is multimedia?

For writers, multimedia is unique

New terminology

New views of writing

Viewing content

Content is key!

Words have power!

Let word power work for you

Go POP!

Prepare a rough (first) draft

Editing tips

Watch out for sloppy copy!

Tips on tone

Tips on fonts and emphasis

More about emphasis

Don't over-use emphasis techniques

Formatting tips

More on formatting

Websites: Brave new word

Brave new word (continued)

Text for slide presentations

Slide text (continued)

Thou shalt not steal

A few other helpful resources

Writers write. Get at it.

Author: Barbara Moran

Email: msbmoran@yahoo.com

Home Page: The Special Species Project

Why This Website?
Because I have a crazy dream that one day, colleges everywhere will realize that teaching people how to WRITE for multimedia is AS IMPORTANT as teaching them how to make a multimedia project look good. And I will be hired by a forward-thinking, enlightened college to teach writing aesthetics.

 

(It could happen.)

 

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