Technical Writer

2018 ◽  
pp. 95-108
Keyword(s):  
Technical Writer

The Informational Sketch — A Major Vice of the Technical Writer

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
George H. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Technical Writing ◽  
Technical Paper ◽  
Technical Writer ◽  
Narrative Functions

The author of this article argues that all too often teachers of technical writing spend too much time pressuring their students to write simply and without jargon, and that as a result they often get writing that is bad because it is skeletal and undeveloped writing lacking in continuity and narrative functions. The technical writer is often overjoyed to submit outline-writing because it requires small effort, not realizing that it shifts the burden of interpretation to the reader. The author recommends a number of cures for the skeletal technical paper.

scholarly journals Comunicando los movimientos de combate en obras impresas: cómo presentar las técnicas en fotografías y textos

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Tom Lang
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Instructional Designer ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Martial Art ◽  
Technical Writer ◽  
Archival Quality ◽  
Made In

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In this article, suggestions are given “how to” write and photograph martial arts techniques for publication. The aim is to improve the instructional and archival quality of martial arts books and articles. These suggestions are based on the author’s reviews of books showing movement, his experience in writing martial arts books (and from mistakes made in these efforts), and from his experience as a medical-technical writer and instructional designer. Simply thinking about how to present a martial art in print will help you understand and teach them: you will find it a valuable and rewarding exercise, even if you never publish the results.</span></span></span></p>

Visual/Graphic Aids for the Technical Report

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Cury
Keyword(s):  
Flow Chart ◽  
White Space ◽  
Grid Graph ◽  
Grid Graphs ◽  
Process Maps ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
Technical Writer ◽  
Flow Charts ◽  
Visual Description ◽  
Visual Graphic

Authors of technical papers have many visual/graphic aids available to them. The most common are: grid graphs, tables, bar charts, flow charts, maps, pie diagrams, and drawings and sketches. Grid graphs are used to show relationships. Tables allow the reader to make comparisons of data. The bar chart is another form of the grid graph and is used for the same purpose. A flow chart gives the reader a visual description of a process. Maps show the location of specific features. Pie diagrams show the proportional breakdown of a topic. Pictures and sketches show the reader exactly what is being talked about in the report. Visual/graphic aids allow the technical writer to condense and present his information in an aesthetically pleasing manner; in addition, these aids serve as psychological white space.

Procedures, Instructions, and Specifications: A Challenge in Audience Analysis

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary M. Lay
Keyword(s):  
Audience Analysis ◽  
Communication Task ◽  
Technical Writers ◽  
Technical Writer

Procedures, instructions, and specifications demand precise and imaginative audience analysis. Although these three communications tasks ask an audience to participate in an operation, the specific purpose and audience of each is unique. Recognizing this uniqueness provides the technical communications teacher with challenging student assignments and the technical writer and editor with useful questions to ask in analyzing these audiences. This article describes the audiences that read procedures, instructions, and specifications, provides examples of each communication task, suggests assignments in each for technical communications teachers, and lists questions for technical writers and editors to ask about audiences of each task.

Technical Writing in the Eighties

1974 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Schmelzer
Keyword(s):  
Technical Writing ◽  
Information Storage And Retrieval ◽  
Information Storage ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Nineteen Eighties ◽  
Storage And Retrieval ◽  
Interactive Lectures ◽  
Technical Writer ◽  
Information Bank

Three present-day developments are very likely to have a major influence upon technical writing in the nineteen eighties. These are: interactive lectures, information storage and retrieval, and the development of an ultra-small electronic camera for movies, television, and still pictures. Carefully tested interactive lectures will provide individual attention for learners at the time it is most needed. Under a perfected system of information storage and retrieval, the technical writer would suggest to the reader the kinds of information to request from a nation-wide information bank. He would also assist in the screening of information so that learners would not be deluged by surplus information. The small electronic camera will enable the technical writer to illustrate his instructions on the user's TV set. Thus, the technical writer of the eighties could well become a writer-producer.

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