Comments on: My Story About Telling Stories http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/ The Library Status Quo Must Go! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:07:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Connecting Librarian » Blog Archive » Connecting Librarian from Blogspot.com http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-830 Connecting Librarian » Blog Archive » Connecting Librarian from Blogspot.com Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:33:55 +0000 http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-830 [...] how to make your library blog posts more readable and storylike and thereby more appealing. “My story about telling stories” shows that it is very easy to do, just takes a little extra time and a simple switch of [...] […] how to make your library blog posts more readable and storylike and thereby more appealing. “My story about telling stories” shows that it is very easy to do, just takes a little extra time and a simple switch of […]

]]> By: Library 2.0: Library 1.0++ « Dana’s user experience blog http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-733 Library 2.0: Library 1.0++ « Dana’s user experience blog Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:38:08 +0000 http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-733 [...] of the likes of Google than they are of EBSCO (unless EBSCO buys PageRank from Google).  Library blogs are notoriously silent, and I can’t really understand what teen gaming has to do with libraries at all.  If these [...] […] of the likes of Google than they are of EBSCO (unless EBSCO buys PageRank from Google).  Library blogs are notoriously silent, and I can’t really understand what teen gaming has to do with libraries at all.  If these […]

]]> By: Social Software in Libraries » links for 2007-09-20 http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-685 Social Software in Libraries » links for 2007-09-20 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:38:50 +0000 http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-685 [...] Library Revolution » Blog Archive » My Story About Telling Stories (tags: chapter2) [...] […] Library Revolution » Blog Archive » My Story About Telling Stories (tags: chapter2) […]

]]> By: Why blog? « Dana’s user experience blog http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-603 Why blog? « Dana’s user experience blog Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:35:17 +0000 http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-603 [...] to get people commenting (Emily Clasper writes about her experiences with comments on library blogs here, and there are some tips on getting more comments [...] […] to get people commenting (Emily Clasper writes about her experiences with comments on library blogs here, and there are some tips on getting more comments […]

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-574 K.G. Schneider Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:44:34 +0000 http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-574 Emily, this is a great example for my November workshop, "Writing for the Web." I may use it as our classroom example! It's not just that it tells a story; it... * Opens in scene * Uses first person voice * Used engaging imperatives ("Just look") * Has vivid, concrete examples My one comment is that the first post (dry and uncompelling as it is) has the value of brevity. One writing rule is "in late and out early." I'm personally guilty of veryyyyyyyyy long posts... for patrons, I'd keep that post a third shorter. I'd also cut those paragraphs in half. On-screen, long paragraphs take a lot of work for busy eyeballs. Oh, and thank you for observing that good writing takes time! Emily, this is a great example for my November workshop, “Writing for the Web.” I may use it as our classroom example! It’s not just that it tells a story; it…

* Opens in scene
* Uses first person voice
* Used engaging imperatives (”Just look”)
* Has vivid, concrete examples

My one comment is that the first post (dry and uncompelling as it is) has the value of brevity. One writing rule is “in late and out early.” I’m personally guilty of veryyyyyyyyy long posts… for patrons, I’d keep that post a third shorter.

I’d also cut those paragraphs in half. On-screen, long paragraphs take a lot of work for busy eyeballs.

Oh, and thank you for observing that good writing takes time!

]]> By: Great stuff before the great trip | Information Wants To Be Free http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-573 Great stuff before the great trip | Information Wants To Be Free Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:26:15 +0000 http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-573 [...] My Story About Telling Stories [...] […] My Story About Telling Stories […]

]]> By: helene http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-562 helene Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:17:57 +0000 http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/09/12/my-story-about-telling-stories/#comment-562 luv this story :) luv this story :)

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