Will word for food » Writing for the Web

As full-time electronic communications officer, I ran the East of England Development Agency website for three years - re-writing the content and editing and producing monthly email newsletters. I also wrote articles for quarterly publication Source.

Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be… if you’ve got a quiet morning, why not re-visit some old writing and see how much you’ve advanced? Here are a few exercises to do with something you’ve already written (or something someone else has done) to keep your writing sharp.

Ten top lessons for writing jobs - how to manage your time, your client, and your own temptation to think you’re always right.

And I’ve resisted doing the really bad “assume makes an ass…” thing. Well done me!

“I want it exciting. I want it sexy. I want it to sell”. That’s what clients say. Sometimes they say it about the terms and conditions page. Then their users think they’re an idiot who can’t do anything but speak fluent marketing.

In this article I explain when it’s time to sell and when it’s time just to serve.

I’ve just about finished the styling of this blog now - learnt lots about PHP, WordPress, and swearing at Internet Explorer (again!).
I’ve added a contact form - and links to all the pages on the site - so make use of them and contact me.

How to write a better scam email - keep it simple, stupid. The best writers use the shortest words.

Fluffeh teim! In my first article on Will Word For Food, I crowbar a link to my current favourite website - and a picture of my cat - into some pretty basic lessons about writing arresting web copy.

Happycat would approve.

Will Word For Food is a work in progress at the moment.
In the next couple of weeks it’s going to become home to my musings about writing for the web - how to do it, how not to do it, and how you can get me to do it for you.
Who am I? I’m Adam […]