EnsleyEdits: Creating a Style Resource for Professional Writers

<p>This capstone explores the creation of a resource that helps professional writers keep up with ever-changing style practices and understand the implications of different stylistic and mechanical choices. Examining the history of style guides, analyzing the content of existing style references through the lens of prescriptivism and descriptivism, and assessing the gaps of current online style resources demonstrate how a new online style resource hosted on Instagram, <em>EnsleyEdits</em>, can meet this need for professional writers. Research on current social media, accessibility, and design practices demonstrate how content on the <em>EnsleyEdits</em> account can succeed on Instagram, and the results of an IRB-approved usability study highlight insights from the resource’s target audience. Collectively, these research components reveal how the <em>EnsleyEdits</em> style resource can help writers produce effective, conscious, intentional writing. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW)

Level thesis:degree_level

Capstone

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2023

Author dc:creator

• Fraschillo, Ensley

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Lara Smith-Sitton
• Dr. Chris Palmer

• Style Guide
• Style Resource
• Style Reference
• EnsleyEdits
• Technical and Professional Writing

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/mapw_etd/139

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:mapw_etd-1143