Oh dear. I included it as an interesting tool, not as a specific thing that I think we should all be using. You might like to recommend it to people you are mentoring, or to writers who are looking to improve.
L On 13/02/14 10:24, Geoffrey wrote:
Let me be the Devil’s Advocate: surely any writer worth their salt shouldn’t need to rely on, or need help from, such a simplistic tool. Isn’t a part of the maturing of a technical writer learning to recognise when the cognitive load of a sentence is likely to be too much for readers?And by the way: what’s wrong with the passive voice? (“The *Print* dialog appears.”)And what’s wrong with adverbs? (“Press *firmly* on the button.”) Geoffrey Marnell Principal Consultant Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd P: 03 9596 3456 M: 0419 574 668 F: 03 9596 3625 Web: www.abelard.com.au <http://www.abelard.com.au/>FB: facebook.com/abelardconsulting <http://www.facebook.com/abelardconsulting>TW: @abelardconsult*From:*austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Lana Brindley*Sent:* Thursday, 13 February 2014 11:14 AM *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* atw: Re: Hemingway Sure! Click on the blue "Write" button in the top left hand corner. Type or paste your text into the editor. Click on the blue "Edit" button in the top left hand corner.If the buttons don't work, it may be that you have javascript disabled in your environment.Lana On 13/02/14 10:10, Howard Silcock wrote: Hi Lana I'm not sure if it's something to do with the corporate environment in which I'm working, but none of the commands on the page your link is pointing to appear to do anything. Can you tell us how it's supposed to work? Howard On 13 February 2014 09:23, Lana Brindley <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: No, not the author, an editing tool: http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ Lana-- Lana Brindleywriter:speaker:blogger http://lanabrindley.com "Quantum mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of." ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter <//www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter> To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter <//www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter> To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ************************************************** -- Lana Brindley writer:speaker:blogger http://lanabrindley.com"Quantum mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of."
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