Technical Writing
4 Indispensable Characteristics of Technical Writing
Technical Writing is Comprehensive If you are explaining the functions of the buttons on a toolbar, you need to explain ALL of them. If a gadget has two communication ports, you need to explain how each of them is used. Any error in covering all items in a document means an eventual call to the customer…
Read MoreIf I Can Do Technical Writing, Anyone Can Do It! Here is Why…
If I Can Do Technical Writing, Anyone Can Do It! Here is Why… Yesterday I heard back from a reader who is a professional English editor. He pointed out an error that was in one of my letters. Apparently, I signed the letter off by saying “in your service…” “That’s wrong,” he pointed out, “it…
Read MoreWhat Work Benefits Do Technical Writers Enjoy?
“What benefits do tech writers enjoy?” you might be wondering. I was not always a technical writer and there were quite a fewjobs that I did after graduate school. And in none of those earlier jobs I had much of anything by way of benefits. I was an “independent contractor” and in the United States…
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How a Software Company Looks from Inside
Introduction: The Software Industry in Brief The software industry is a booming market with a high demand for skilled workers at any software company. Software companies are always looking for qualified engineers to fill their ranks. Software engineering is the process of developing computer programs that can solve complex problems, or produce desired effects. Since…
Read MoreThis is Where Technical Writers Work
The list I provide in this post can have an impact on your future because it reveals where technical writers work today. There are 4 basic types of writing: 1) DRAMATIC writing aims to MOVE people. 2) BUSINESS writing aims to ADMINISTER and MANAGE them. 3) COPY writing aims to SELL to the people. 4) TECHNICAL writing…
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What Does a Technical Writer Do?
Introduction: What is Technical Writing? Technical writing is a form of communication between technical writers and other users to impart knowledge, skills, and information from an author to a reader. It is not designed to be read from beginning to end by the reader as you would a novel or a poem. To give a…
Read MoreSelected STC 2021 Fellow
I’m happy to announce that I have been selected a FELLOW of Society for Technical Communication (STC), the largest professional organization in my field, technical communications. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank my STC Washington, DC – Baltimore chapter and especially my colleagues Carolyn Kelley Klinger, Lori Meyer, Viqui Brown Sherman Dill, and…
Read More3 Top Factors to Make a Living as a Writer
Here are the 3 Top Factors to Make a Living as a Writer… Be humble. Be smart. And have a blue-collar attitude towards your work. HUMBLE The chances are you’ll die nobody knowing your name. Accept that you won’t write the GAN (Great American Novel). Accept that you are not a Sallinger, Faulkner, or…
Read MoreIs There a Good or Bad Time to Publish a Book?
Is There a Good or Bad Time to Publish a Book? Every day is a good day to publish a book. Why? Because there are just too many variables that we cannot control out there. Trends change. Momentous social events shift the mood and reader interest. What feels like a good and interesting book may look…
Read More“Can I Make 6-Figure Income as a Copywriter?”
There are so many myths about getting rich through copywriting. I’d like to debunk some of them. First of all, copywriting is not about good creative writing in the sense that poem or novel writing is. It is all about helping your client make money. It’s about selling goods and services. To do that you need to write copy…
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