The Proper Way to Use "Only" in Your Technical Documents
In a technical document, the meaning of a sentence shifts considerably and sometimes dramatically depending on where the technical writer places the qualifier “only”. Use “only” right next to the word that it qualifies. EXAMPLE 1: 1) “The engineers only wanted to test the engine on a Saturday,” is different in meaning than 2) “The…
Read MoreOptimizing for "Hot Keywords of the Day" – A Contrarian View
Here is a contrarian view on writing articles based on “hot keywords of the day”: I believe in making our articles 100% Search Engine Optimized to get the maximum attention of the search engine bots. That’s a must. There is no question about that. But I still cannot reconcile myself to start writing articles on…
Read MoreIndia: Technical Writers Have a Bright Future in $1.5 Bil Industry
“There is a requirement of 200,000 to 250,000 people with such skill sets,” says Rakesh Shukla, founder of technical writing firm, TWB, which also runs a training institute. Simply put technical writers are people who communicate technical information in a manner that even non-technical reader can understand. And Rakesh says that in the next 4…
Read MoreAn Unexpected Dividend of Article Marketing…
Let me share the true story of something that happened to me thanks to article marketing… Over 2 years ago when I was writing articles on anything and everything that caught my fancy, I wrote an article about a world-class pianist after listening to one of his amazing performances on my car radio. I was…
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