Technical Writing

[Anonymous]

Editor here who wants to make the leap to technical writing. Wondering how to go about it from anyone who's BTDT. Any and all advice welcome, thanks.

[Anonymous]

What kind of technical writing are you interested in? Do you have a lot of experience with Word, Acrobat Pro, FrameMaker or other tools? What kind of editing do you do now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kind of technical writing are you interested in? Do you have a lot of experience with Word, Acrobat Pro, FrameMaker or other tools? What kind of editing do you do now?

I think I'd be good at end-user documentation, but honestly I'm interested to try any kind of technical writing. I have a lot of experience with the Microsoft Office suite, but not as much with the various Adobe programs, outside of Photoshop. My background is in medical editing.

[Anonymous]

Have you attended any Society for Technical Communication (STC) chapter meetings? It's a great way to network and find out about jobs in your area. Go to Amazon.com and get a copy of JoAnn Hackos' book about documentation--I think that's a standard in the field (at least, it used to be several years ago when I was doing tech writing). Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you attended any Society for Technical Communication (STC) chapter meetings? It's a great way to network and find out about jobs in your area. Go to Amazon.com and get a copy of JoAnn Hackos' book about documentation--I think that's a standard in the field (at least, it used to be several years ago when I was doing tech writing). Good luck!

Thanks, I'll check those out!