11 Apr 2024 · Culture

    Tips for Becoming a Good Technical Writer

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    Technical writing is the art of communicating complex ideas in simple terms. Boiling it down to the basics and then building it back up, little by little, until you said all that had to be said.

    In these days, where Generative AI is everywhere, I firmly believe technical writing skills are needed more than ever before. We need people with the discipline to check every sentence for accuracy. We need people who take the cluttered, fancy language produced by ChatGPT and strip it down to plain English.

    Over the last few years, we gave talks to aspiring technical writers. In this post, we’re releasing the remastered talks. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did making them.

    Technical Writing for Humans (P.S. I Love You)

    Dan Ackerson, CTO of TeleClinic and most excellent technical reviewer shares his unique and elegant method for approaching technical writing: Technical Writing for Humans

    Technical Writing for Freelancers

    We have to talks here. The first one, is a good starting point for freelancing technical writers. It covers the basics of the trade and finishes with tips for making a living as a writer.

    The second talk is all about writing engaging articles. Technical writing doesn’t have to be boring! In fact, I believe a good writer can make interesting any topic. In this talk, I cover techniques to grab the reader’s attention and keep momentum until the end.

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    1. Technical Writing for Freelancers
      We have to talks here. The first one, is a good starting point for freelancing technical writers. It covers the basics of the trade and finishes with tips for making a living as a writer.

      It appears the wrong “to/too/two” was used here. Just wanted to share and help make things better!

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    I picked up most of my skills during the years I worked at IBM. Was a DBA, developer, and cloud engineer for a time. After that, I went into freelancing, where I found the passion for writing. Now, I'm a full-time writer at Semaphore.