Technical Writing 101
by Alan S. Pringle and Sarah S. O’Keefe
PDF version: ISBN 978-0-9704733-7-0 (9780970473370)
EPUB version: ISBN 978-0-9828118-0-1 (9780982811801)
$9.99
“As a former instructor, I reviewed Alan S. Pringle and Sarah S. O’Keefe’s Technical Writing 101, wishing that such a wonderful resource had been available when I was in the university setting. As a seasoned technical writer, I still benefited from the guide, especially the topics on internationalization, structured authoring with XML, and integrating Web 2.0 and user assistance. Scriptorium is a trusted resource for up-to-date information on trends and best practices in technical communications.”
Peg Mulligan, independent consultant
To succeed in technical writing, you need a lot more than just writing ability.
Technical Writing 101: A Real-World Guide to Planning and Writing Technical Content details the skills you need as a technical writer to create both printed and online content. This valuable reference describes the entire development process—planning, writing, visual design, editing, indexing, and production. You also get tips on how to write information that is more easily translated into other languages.
You’ll learn about the importance of following templates and about how structured authoring environments based on Extensible Markup Language (XML) streamline the content development process.
This updated third edition features new information on the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard for structured authoring, and it explains the impact of Web 2.0 technologies—blogs, wikis, and forums—on technical communication.
PDF and EPUB files have no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions that prevent printing or that lock the content to a particular computer.
Technical Writing 101 won an award of excellence in the 2009–2010 technical publications competition sponsored by the Carolina chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC).
Sample pages
- Table of contents (PDF, 135 KB)
- The Tech Writer’s Toolbox (PDF, 183 KB)
- The importance of being edited (excerpt) (PDF, 155 KB)
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