Technical Writing Blog

What do you imagine when you think of technical writing? Many people consider this work difficult and boring because it’s about writing different sorts of instructions, complicated developer documentation or product descriptions. That’s why many people hesitate to start their career in technical communication. But technical writing is much more than that. In order to…

In 2010 US News and World Report named technical writing one of the “50 Best Careers” in the world. The demand for technical writers is still on the rise and this writing niche is one of the most profitable nowadays. The following article is going to make a quick introduction into the concept of technical…

Stephen Hawking is one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, who passed away 14 March 2018. Among other physicists, he was more renowned for the singularity theorems, which brought him worldwide success. In the recent PBS documentary he commented upon it: “Sometimes I wonder if I’m as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities…

So, you’re considering a career in technical writing. Maybe we’re a bit biased, but that’s an excellent choice. You’ll get to work closely with the products and services that may change people’s lives and prepare user documentation for manuals, articles, online help and other supporting documents. It’s a gratifying job, though not without challenges. Here…

Technical writing doesn’t come without its fair share of challenges. For an outsider, creating user documentation may seem like a straightforward job: you receive the project details, analyze the task, and then just start writing. But is it that simple? A technical writer is, essentially, a communicator, and their job is to transfer information from…

If you’ve ever read documentation written by a programmer, it will become clear pretty fast that creating user guides requires a whole different set of skills. Sure, programmers might have the necessary knowledge base, but most of them aren’t very apt in communicating the information in a user-friendly manner. Thus, the user guides they create…

You may have seen this job title popping on professional platforms or in your network, only to ask yourself: what exactly does a technical writer do? The intuitive definition of technical writing is that it is a profession that focuses on documenting the knowledge base of products and services and making them easy to understand…

Becoming part of a documentation team can be a challenge for a writer who is not experienced in this type of work, as it requires a new set of skills and a very specific writing style and approach. Even if you recruit a writer with prior experience in creating documentation and user guides, you still…

Some people like to write creative content or poetries. Others like to explain to people how products or software works. If you are particularly talented when it comes to breaking down complex processes into easy-to-understand articles, then technical writing might be the right niche for you. Technical writing refers to the process of creating the…

Some writers dream of creating the next Harry Potter or Catcher in the Rye. Some hope that their plays will be turned into the next Pulp Fiction. And, others find joy in explaining how things work and helping others to perform certain tasks and hope that one day they will create software documentation for a…