Technical writing tips

Are you beginning your journey as a technical writer? Explore this post to discover commonly used technical writing examples.

Write to communicate. Writers Write is a comprehensive writing resource. In this post, we write about 93 ways to simplify your writing.

Technical communication is a field that focuses on providing information to users who need assistance to accomplish a defined goal or task. The purpose of technical communication is not to entertai…

© 2010 Ugur Akinci Creating Technical Manuals: A Step-By-Step Approach to Writing User-Friendly Instructions by Gerald Cohen and Donald H. Cunningham was printed back in 1984. So like most pre-Internet era technical books, it’s outdated in terms of visual content. Its page layout suggestions, for example, shows how rapidly the technical communication field has developed…

I need a job! Oh my – landing that first job as a brand new freelance writer is the holy grail. This is what you want because once you have that first job under your belt, getting the next job and next client becomes much easier. For beginner freelance writers, the road you take to […]

Do you want to to learn how to become a technical writer? As a freelance writer for small businesses, I tend to focus more on the marketing writing tips than the technical writing aspect. But I have been paid to review tools and services and that can serve under a technical writing job. Technical writing […]

Interested in technical writing jobs? Here’s what you should know about technical writing, including skills, certification, and more.

Last week I confessed all kind of Pantser secrets. Like the fact I’m a filthy dirty cheating hybrid and I actually sit somewhere in the middle of the plotter-pantser hot tub party. One of the biggest differences between plotters and pantsers is whether or not they outline. In last week’s post, I talked through the first three […]

Great for proofreading academic papers and essays, this printable guide lists common copy-editing marks with examples of their use. Free to download and print