TY - BOOK AU - Sagolla,Dom TI - 140 characters: a style guide for the short form SN - 9781118258002 AV - TK5105.73 .S245 2009 U1 - 808/.066384 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Instant messaging KW - Text messages (Cell phone systems) KW - Electronic mail messages KW - Digital media KW - Editing KW - Online authorship KW - Authorship KW - Style manuals KW - Electronic mail systems KW - Text Messaging KW - Electronic Mail KW - Messagerie instantan�ee KW - Textos KW - Courrier �electronique KW - Internet KW - Art d'�ecrire KW - Codes typographiques KW - M�edias num�eriques KW - �Edition KW - text messages KW - aat KW - electronic mail KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Rhetoric KW - bisacsh KW - REFERENCE KW - Writing Skills KW - Composition & Creative Writing KW - fast KW - Web 2.0 KW - gtt KW - Taalgebruik KW - Sociale media KW - Weblogs KW - Schrijftaal KW - Gidsen (vorm) N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- Lead. Describe: A Brief Digression to Discuss Journalism is Warranted -- Simplify: Say More with Less -- Avoid: Don't Become a Fable about Too Much Information -- Value. Voice: Say It Out Loud -- Reach: Understand Your Audience -- Repeat: It Worked for Shakespeare -- Mention: Stamp Your Own Currency -- Dial: Search for Silence, Volume, and Frequency -- Link: Deduce the Nature of Short Messages -- Word: Expose the Possibilities in Phraseology, Poetry, and Invention -- Master. Tame: Apply Multiple Techniques Toward the Same End -- Cultivate: Meet 140 Characters, Each with a Unique Story -- Branch: Steady, Organic Growth is Most Manageable -- Evolve. Filter: Teach the Machine to Think Ahead -- Open: Give and You Shall Receive -- Imitate: There is Nothing Original, Except in Arrangement -- Iterate: Practice a Sequence of Tiny Adjustments -- Accelerate. Increase Do More -- Fragment Do It Smaller -- Recommended Reading -- Glossary -- Index; Describe : a brief digression to discussion journalism is warranted -- Simplify : say more with less -- Avoid : don't become a fable about too much information -- Voice : say it out loud -- Reach : understand your audience -- Repeat : it worked for Shakespeare -- Mention : stamp your own currency -- Dial : search for silence, volume, and frequency -- Link : deduce the nature of short messages -- Word : expose the possibilities in phraseology, poetry, and invention -- Tame : apply multiple techniques toward the same end -- Cultivate : meet 140 characters, each with a unique story -- Branch : steady, organic growth is most manageable -- Filter : teach the machine to think ahead -- Open : give and you shall receive -- Imitate : there is nothing original, except in arrangement -- Iterate : practice a sequence of tiny adjustments -- Increase : do more -- Fragment : do is smaller N2 - Make the most of your messages on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites. The advent of Twitter and other social networking sites, as well as the popularity of text messaging, have made short-form communication an everyday reality. But expressing yourself clearly in short bursts-particularly in the 140-character limit of Twitter-takes special writing skill. In 140 Characters, Twitter co-creator Dom Sagolla covers all the basics of great short-form writing, including the importance of communicating with simplicity, honesty, and humor. For marketers and business owners, social medi UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118258002 ER -