{"id":296,"date":"2016-08-03T15:28:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T12:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/?p=296"},"modified":"2016-08-03T15:44:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T12:44:44","slug":"101-questions-about-internet-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/101-questions-about-internet-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"10+1 questions about Internet writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Must web text observe a certain length?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ideal length is one screen length, but for most monitors that means half an A4 (or letter-sized) page. What&#8217;s more important than length, however, is that the page offers the user a useful whole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the difference between Internet and paper text?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Text on a screen is read 25% more slowly than on paper: thus, it&#8217;s better to write less text, lighter paragraphs and shorter word items.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to condense?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eliminate all words, expressions, sentences, complex assertions, paragraphs and sections that do not bring any added value to the reader.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I compose a good title?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First write a good story, condense the core into a title, and develop an &#8216;extra twist&#8217; for it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What sort of title encourages reading?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The title condenses the core of the story and contains both hook and bait.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many headings fit into one page?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2\u20145<\/p>\n<p><strong>What sort of web text structure applies?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A news story type of structure often suits web text: a descriptive title or heading, condensing opening paragraph and the story itself proceeding from what is important to what is less so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How can a matter that&#8217;s dull be made interesting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dig up some perspective on the matter that&#8217;s of interest both to you and your readers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many lists there should be on one page?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One is a suitable number, two is permissible, but three is already too many.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How about the number of links?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two or three, but well-composed text may allow for even more useful links.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How can I overcome my &#8220;white page phobia&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Begin writing from any particular point and don&#8217;t give any attention at this point to quality: you can do your editing work later. Blogging keeps the writer in you well-tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Must web text observe a certain length? The ideal length is one screen length, but for most monitors that means half an A4 (or letter-sized) page. What&#8217;s more important than length, however, is that the page offers the user a useful whole. What&#8217;s the difference between Internet and paper text? Text on a screen is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-english","7":"category-verkkokirjoittaminen","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}