Writing is not an easy job and the key to good writing is practice, practice and more practice. Good writing is a process which requires habitual interest and therefore doesn’t happen overnight. Technical writing is one step ahead of good writing as it requires more than usual ingredients and understanding, more planning and research and finally more revising and editing before final drafting.
It is a unique style of writing that requires the author to
• firstly have the complete understanding of the purpose of the content;
• secondly have the understanding of the audience for whom content is being written;
• and finally have the creativity to explain major technical jargon into simple, decipherable and user friendly language.
It also involves the usage of strong presentational and formatting skills to facilitate easy comprehension of the final drafting of the content. In short, there is no shortcut when it comes to learning the art of technical writing. Planning, organizing, rethinking, revising, reviewing and improvement along with practice are the essential features of technically sound and correct content. Probably that is the reason why technical writers are much in demand.
After all delivering complex information in a technically correct yet simple way is much more difficult than writing about some factual data. Defining the unfamiliar, understanding that less is more and carefully balancing technical details with the audience need for clarity is truly an art which requires dedication, interest and flexibility along with an aptitude for writing.
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