http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Jesse+Dawson Writing Jesse Dawson Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=233954&ca=Writing Some would-be writers think they can dash off an article without learning the basics of grammar. Just as any craftsperson spends time honing his skills to make the perfect piece of craft, so must a writer work hard to write an error-free, grammatically-correct article. True, some errors are typos, b... Writing Jesse Dawson Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=232754&ca=Writing We can dissect the term "readability" into "read" + "ability," which translates into the ability to read. Readability has nothing to do with either legibility or literacy. In fact, readability is more of a judgmental exercise for the targeted audience. George Klare (1963) defines readability as "the... Writing Jesse Dawson Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=233063&ca=Writing Writing and submitting articles is an effective marketing ploy to deliver targeted visitors to your website, raise your search engine rankings, and increase sales of your products or sales. The basics of writing an article are much the same, no matter where you use it. You should write it to make th... Writing Jesse Dawson Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=233064&ca=Writing Writing is not really an art. It is a craft – and you can learn a craft. Follow these four techniques to improve the quality of your writing, no matter what type of writing you do. Writing Tip #1: After you run your spell checking software, go back and re-read your writing. Few people are good spell... Writing Jesse Dawson Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=233066&ca=Writing We can trace the origin of readability formulas during the late 19th Century in the United States. The schools in the US did not routinely grade students until 1847 when the first graded school opened in Boston with a series of books prepared for each grade. Junior high school science teachers wante... Writing Jesse Dawson Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=232753&ca=Writing Writing and formatting a press release is easy. If you format your press release according to "industry standards" and include all the essential information, then reporters and editors will likely read your press release. Follow these formatting rules to create a reader-friendly press release: Rule... Writing Jesse Dawson Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=233073&ca=Writing Flesch Grade Level Readability Formula improves upon the Flesch Reading Ease Readability Formula. Rudolph Flesch, an author, writing consultant, and the supporter of Plain English Movement, is the co-author of this formula along with John P. Kincaid. That's why it is also called Flesch-Kincaid Grade... Writing Jesse Dawson Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=232448&ca=Writing Your writing skills may be superb, but what if your readers can't understand your text? Technically, your readers may have problems with your document's "readability," but what truly counts is the document's "understandability." Most average literate Americans can read a well-crafted document; the q... Writing Jesse Dawson Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=232453&ca=Writing Right from their inception in the late 1940s, readability formulas revolutionized the writing style of everyone. Readability formulas affect every industry because of their all-appealing premise. These formulas make documents or text "readable" for the intended audience. Every industry has a target... Writing Jesse Dawson Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=232752&ca=Writing Presently, there are more than 200 readability formulas developed by various scholars since the 1940s. Only a handful of these formulas are reliable to determine the reading-level of a sample text. This article will help you to decide which readability formula or formulas to use on your documents. I...