As we mentioned earlier, Yahoo has taken on the task of producing a “style guide” for the Internet. Those of you who are already in the professional writing business know about the different writing styles out there. There is AP Style, which is based upon a book by AP called The Associated Press Stylebook. Then [...]
Over at Freelance Switch, there is an interesting article about Yahoo’s new stylebook being published in an effort to help establish writing standards for online content. As the article correctly points out, most sites currently follow the journalistic rules and suggestions found within the Associated Press Stylebook, or AP Stylebook. The conventions laid out within [...]
What are the rules for writing AP Sytle with abbreviations and acronyms?
This month has seen an increase in the number of articles written using the word “Trojan”, mostly thanks to Microsoft’s Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) being leaked as a torrent on various trackers around the world. Subsequent news suggested that some of the downloads were infected with malware, specifically a “trojan.” Spellcheck on every product [...]
So, what started out as a simple no-brainer article written for a few bucks in order to make enough money freelance writing online to beat out my income from freelance writing offline for the first time, turned out to be an Adventure in AP Style. BlackBerries On Airplanes I can’t honestly tell you what the [...]
The Associated Press Stylebook is the gold standard for journalistic (non-academic) style writing. The concepts of AP Style, for the most part, simply mirror those of good grammar and writing that is not wordy or overly flowery. Still, there are multiple concepts, examples, specific exceptions, and bizarre conventions that stump even seasoned writers with years [...]
Today’s AP Stylebook adventure takes us to the land of screen saver, which the AP Style manual assures us is two words. That’s just great. Too bad I came here looking for information about ‘screenshot’ versus ‘screen shot’. Oh well, to the dictionary…
A professional freelance writer chronicals his various encounters with the AP Stylebook and AP Style.
Why, do so many job postings or Requests For Proposal demand an ability to use AP Style? Most often, it is short hand for, “You have to be able to write better than the average non-professional writer.” I once heard someone say that photography and writing are the two professions that everyone thinks they can [...]
Everyone talks about AP Style, but does anyone know what it is? Here is the rundown on the ubiquitous AP Style and The Associated Press Stylebook.
