Collection edited by Gerald R. Lucas

The New Composition

Print culture is dead. The new digital paradigm has changed our approaches to writing and design. This is “The New Composition.”

The Agony Of Reading On The Web
Why Digital News Needs A Redesign
Matt Dusenbury in Digital Reading and Publishing6 min read
5 Habits of Highly Effective Writers
Do these things today for a more productive and inspired writing life
Michelle Richmond in A Writer’s Life3 min read
10 Ways To Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Lessons from my book Show Your Work!
Austin Kleon in Show Your Work!8 min read
Claim Your Name
Make smart choices when using social media professionally to avoid privacy and security concerns.
Gerald R. Lucas in The New Composition4 min read
Self-Publishing: No Longer the Ugly Second Cousin to Traditional Publishing
“You don’t write because you want to say something.
Shane Lee4 min read
Your About Page
A document for introducing your professional self in the digital age.
Gerald R. Lucas in The New Composition5 min read
The Medium Is The Message
How blogging platforms dictate style of writing.
Alex Cahiz2 min read
Now See Here
The Growing Visualization of Our Culture
Josef Bastian in The Cryptofolk Movement2 min read
Print Isn’t Dying
It’s just being used more appropriately.
Barron Webster3 min read
Notes about Audience
Or are they users? Is “audience” becoming a thing of the past in digital writing?
LitMUSE3 min read
The Builder’s High
It needed to exist
rands4 min read
Please Learn to Write
The language you can learn is your own
rands3 min read
Blogging and the 1-9-90 Rule
Wordpress, Medium, Tumblr
Gapelia4 min read
Writing on a Wiki
A primer about contributing to a wiki for college writers. This article addresses using MediaWiki specifically.
LitMUSE in LitMUSE Essentials6 min read
Choosing a Focus for Your Blog
So you want to blog? Great. Consider your audience carefully before beginning.
Gerald R. Lucas in The New Composition5 min read
Storytelling on the About Us Page
The future of the most important part of any corporates website in the years to come.
Nils Sköld3 min read
Blogging: Some Considerations
When you blog, you participate in a community. Yes, it’s about you, but it also needs a context.
Gerald R. Lucas in The New Composition4 min read
Writing Top Ten
The top ten most important aspects of writing in college. This is the first post in a series targeting writers of digital media.
Gerald R. Lucas in The New Composition4 min read
Digital Citation
A modest proposal for citing documents in the digital age.
Gerald R. Lucas in The New Composition4 min read
Refuse to fill in the ________.
Why writers make great designers.
Scott MacGregor in By Heist5 min read
Take a Website Design Lesson from Leonardo Da Vinci
Five centuries later, simplicity is still the ultimate sophistication
MetalPotato2 min read
Why is no one reading my blog?
A few ad hoc thoughts on writing a blog. With some ad hoc thoughts on use of social media thrown in for good measure.
Keith Parkins in I. M. H. O.9 min read
Interaction and dialogue on Medium
It is only with interaction and dialogue we begin to exploit the power of writing on Medium.
Keith Parkins in I. M. H. O.5 min read
A Call for a Digital Citation Style
Styles written for a print culture have no place in a digital one. Let’s stop teaching for print media.
Gerald R. Lucas in Digital Humanities5 min read
Writing Today
Perhaps traditional academic writing no longer serves our students? Maybe new media offers better alternatives.
Gerald R. Lucas4 min read

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