## Source ## Topics you - [[topic - communicate effectively]] ## How to - [[how to be a better writer]] - this is the main topic of this work - [[how to be a better notetaker]] - writing well helps do better notes - [[how to be a better leader]] - writing well help communication ## Relevant notes - [[zt - care is a core competency of any relationship]] and caring even in writing is something we should all aim for. Even simply by saying _hello_ at the beginning of each email or communication. ## Reference websites - [Punctuation](https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/index.html) ## My favorite style guides for UK English - Oxford Guide to Plain English - Economist Style Guide ## Other freely available style guides - [Oxford Style Guide](https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/University%20of%20Oxford%20Style%20Guide.pdf) - ![[University of Oxford Style Guide.pdf]] - [The Guardian Style Guide](https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-observer-style-guide-a) ## Style guides - Tech - [The wikipedia list of style guides for the computer industry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_style_guides#For_the_computer_industry_(software_and_hardware)_2) - [The Mayfield Handbook of Technical & Scientific Writing](https://web.mit.edu/course/21/21.guide/toc.htm) ### Business Style - [The Business Style Handbook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Business_Style_Handbook) - while in American English, should help. ### Microsoft - [MS writing style guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/welcome/) - https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/microsoft-style-guide/ ### IBM [IBM Style Guide, The: Conventions for Writers and Editors: Conventions for Writers and Editors](https://www.amazon.co.uk/IBM-Style-Guide-Conventions-Writers/dp/0132101300/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) ### Apple [Apple Style Guide](https://help.apple.com/applestyleguide/) ## Notes - Journalist pyramid. Create the content so that an editor can cut after any paragraph. - Say it in the title, say it sightly more in the first sentence, say it more in the first paragraph, and so on.