[Sigia-l] The IA of writing (question)

[Liz Danzico]

>Could anyone recommend books that talk about writing in a way that is
>related to IA (even without reference to IA), or simply recommend books
>about writing?

In addition to the books already suggested, you might look at "Style: Ten
Lessons in Clarity and Grace" (Joseph Williams) as a companion book. 

Williams covers (at least) two significant areas related to IA:
1) Explicit emphasis on audience. Who are you writing for? What do they need
to get out of the content? Does your content achieve the goal?
2) Insistent emphasis on simplicity. Don't need a word, a sentence, a
paragraph? Get rid of it. 

Williams teaches you to be critical of your own writing, and gives you the
tools you need to ask the right questions. In fact, the questions he poses
can probably apply to writing as well as IA.

- Liz



-----Original Message-----
From: John Fullerton [mailto:jfullert at lib-gw.tamu.edu]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:08 PM
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: [Sigia-l] The IA of writing (question)


Could anyone recommend books that talk about writing in a way that is
related to IA (even without reference to IA), or simply recommend books
about writing?

Have a nice day
John Paul Fullerton
j-fullerton at tamu.edu 

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