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Tips for Authors
Please keep the following tips in mind as you prepare your
article.
Style
• You are writing a feature article for the Internet, not a
printed report or scholarly journal. Your readers are looking for a
good read, something that will be short yet informative and useful
as they think about the many issues involved in their daily work.
Please do not include references.
• Strive for an informative, approachable style in your
writing. Stay away from the passive voice.
• Please keep in mind that not every reader will be familiar
with some well-used acronyms and terms used among practicing
architects.
Format for Writing for the Web
• Your article should be no more than 800 words. Your readers
will not have time to wade through a long, complex article.
• Please provide a 120-word summary of the article. The
summary will appear on the homepage of the eNewsletter.
• Your article should show an orderly development and coherent
flow. As a rule, your conclusion should answer the reader’s
question, “Why did the author want me to read
this?”
• For greater Web readability, please do not double space
after full sentences.
• Use targeted yet creative headlines, and use subheads to
break up long sections of text.
• Studies show that readers scan the Web. Write your article
concisely and use bulleted points for easier scanning.
• Photos and illustrations are welcomed but should not be
embedded in the text. Each illustration or photo should be
submitted as a separate file and submitted in .JPG format. No
.PDFs, please.
• Include photo captions in a separate Microsoft Word
file.
• Your article should include a short (30 words or fewer)
biographical sketch of each author.
Submissions
We prefer to receive articles electronically, preferably
as a Microsoft Word file attached to an e-mail.
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