17 October 2007

Good Writing for Hypertext

From these two articles on good writing in hypertext, the main point I gathered was the huge disparity between hypertext and linear writing. You cannot try to write a hypertext as you would an essay, which is what I have been trying to do. Links to other sources, so you can bring the reader directly to the source that you are discussing is important. Using an introduction as an analysis of a source is also effective. You need to have all components, although they can be different genres of writing, somehow connected to the central theme.

2 comments:

Thrasymachus said...

Ya, hypertext essay writing is entirely different. I liked griffith's comment about how the reader has control of the navigation through the essay.

i said...

i think that linear writing is very boring to read when you are online and tends to make the reader scan and skip important points that he may skim over. i think that different genres of writing in the website would be good too and keep the reader on his toes and not get bored too quickly while browsing through the site.