Writing

Some writers are solitary creatures. When I think of a novelist, I think of someone alone in a cabin in

Which qualities make a successful technical writer? I believe they are the same qualities that make a successful journalist. Both

Has anyone ever said to you with a condescending smile, “Well, you don’t need to understand that.” The implication is that you

I started out believing that the only kind of “real” writer is a fiction writer. The kind that writes novels.

I’ll never forget the strangest criticism someone once gave me about a software manual I had written: “Your writing is

We’ve all heard people say, “I can’t edit my own work.” But as a technical writer, editing skills are essential.

I once wrote a 16-page procedure describing how to start and shut down a video capture system consisting of multiple