Concision

This page contains some examples of the kind of concise writing that the web requires. Here we have examples of labeling, headlining and summarizing. This type of writing is difficult -- it is hard to say something substantial in just a few words, or sometimes just one word. Yet the medium demands concision, and these examples should get you started thinking about the concept.

Study these examples carefully and try to emulate them in completing your web writing assignments.

The page below comes from a commercial web site, not a news site. Still, the concept of concise writing is at work, introducing longer articles with short summaries that give a clear idea of the articles contain.