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Voice is (a) Best
Practice
Josef Verbanac
verbanac@montana.edu
Writing is easy!
(Perhaps not…)
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Voice
“The combination of a common usage of syntax, diction,
punctuation, character development, dialogue, etc., within a given
body of text.”
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Basically: “How to make your writing
meaningful to the reader.”
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Something is definitely
missing…
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What about
Audience?
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What about Content?
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What about Design?
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A better model:
Who are your readers?
What should they know?
How will you tell them?
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First, the Who:
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How do you figure out who your
readers/users are?
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Second, the What:
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How do you know what they
need?
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Third, the How:
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How do you address them
appropriately?
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And when this
happens?
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You can’t just say:
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Iterate!
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And those best practices?
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Your
Peers:
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The
Experts:
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Industry
Standards:
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Current Style Guides:
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Eventually:
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Roll Your Own.
≠
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To recap:
Know your audience.
Manage the content.
Design systemically.
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Writing complements
code.
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References
Carey, Michelle, et al. Developing Quality Technical Information, 3rd ed. Indianapolis: IBM Press, 2014.
(http://www.amazon.com/Developing-Quality-Technical-Information-Handbook/dp/0133118975/)
DeRespinis, Francis, et al. The IBM Style Guide, 1st ed. Indianapolis: IBM Press, 2011.
(http://www.amazon.com/IBM-Style-Guide-Conventions-Writers/dp/0132101300/)
Google. Material Design. Google.com, 2016.
(https://www.google.com/design/spec/style/writing.html)
The Economist. Style Guide. Economist.com, 2016.
(http://www.economist.com/styleguide/introduction)
Microsoft. Microsoft Manual of Style, 4th ed. Seattle: Microsoft Press, 2012.
(http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Manual-Style-4th-Corporation/dp/0735648719/)
Pinker, Steven. The Sense of Style, 4th ed. New York: Penguin Books, 2015.
(http://www.amazon.com/Sense-Style-Thinking-Persons-Writing/dp/0143127799/)
Strunk, William and E.B. White. The Elements of Style. New York: Pearson, 1999.
(http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X/)
University of Chicago Press. The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. Chicago: UCP, 2010.
(http://www.amazon.com/Chicago-Manual-Style-16th/dp/0226104206/)
Zinsser, William. On Writing Well, 30th Anv ed. New York: Harper, 2016.
(http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548/) verbanac@montana.edu
verbanac@montana.edu
Image Sources
[How to draw an owl]
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/d3zhx/how_to_draw_an_owl/?
[Wikipedia: Writer's voice]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writer%27s_voice
[Faceless crowd]
http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/03/7-3-billion-people-one-building.html
[Ranger lunar probes slip chart – NASA]
NASA. (1977). “Lunar impact: A history of project ranger.”
(http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19780007206_1978007206.pdf)
[Visco, Frank L. “How To Write Good.” Writer’s Digest: June, 1968.]
https://betterwritingnow.com/2013/11/26/some-comic-relief-how-to-write-good/
[Brentingby Derailment]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/frosted_peppercorn/205501453/
[RTFM coffee mug]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/99247795@N00/2263136517
[ICRAVE open office]
http://www.icrave.com/project/icrave-studio/
[Google Material Design: Writing]
https://material.google.com/style/writing.html
[Hello, my name is]
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DS4mHVsJThA/VD8xpclcs1I/AAAAAAAA2m0/xBTTYJnrEF4/s1600/mynameis.png
[Perfect English Grammar logo]
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/
[StackOverflow logo]
http://stackoverflow.com/

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