Designing Words

What we will cover:

• Rearranging your Words for eLearning “Feng Shui”
• Custom Wording: The Personal Touch for Learners
• Clauses that Compliment Your Subject
• Clutter-Proof Your Words: Keeping Learners Learning
• Write Light and Tight: Keeping Learners Awake
• Secret Writing Tips, Tricks, and Tools

The Design

• The Words

  • Love the words
  • The feng shui of words
  • The six-word memoir
    • The Hemingway Story
    • The Hemingway App
    • 6-Word Memoir
  • Words that work for eLearning  Watch: Words that Work

• The Sentences

  • Clean the Clutter of your Words
  • Arranging words for emphasis
  • Write tight

• The Paragraphs

  • Or “chunks” as instructional designers
  • Manage “The MEAL Plan”  View the MEAL PLAN: MEAL
  • Be an “Explainer”   Read: The Art of Explanation

• The Tools

  • Using MS WORD for all it’s worth
  • Use editing tools and editors – they are both worth the money (See list below)

• The Resources

  • The Six-Word Memoir website
  • The Poytner News University
  • Editing programs:  White Smoke, Grammarly, Write Check
  • The Art of Explanation
  • How to Write Short:Word Craft for Fast Times
  • Edit Yourself