Results with Structured Writing Using the Information Mapping Writing Service Standards

Publisher Summary It has been recognized that trying to chunk information according to the rules of the rhetoric one learned in school did not work very well. This chapter presents a structured writing approach called information mapping method. The initial impetus was twofold: frustration with the enormous amounts of time spent trying to locate what one was after in instructional materials and dissatisfaction with the impreciseness of the language with which professionals described the process of technical writing. Seven principles are used for the design of the texts, visible structure, pre-divided information, labeling, assemble systematic hierarchy, relevance, consistency, and establish criteria and standards. The chapter also presents standards for particular kinds of writing and subject matter.