How to Pay Attention to “Performance Objective” of Your Writing
Today as I was driving past the firehouse in my neighborhood, I saw an electric billboard with the following message lit up on a bright red LCD screen and aimed at the motorists: “NEVER PLAY WITH MATCHES!” Who usually plays with matches? A child. Who is driving past that billboard? Adults. Would a child ever…
Read More4 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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