Life as a wannabe freelance writer
In: Freelancing| Life| TW
12 Mar 2009In my quest to find contract technical writing positions, I came across one for a full-time position at a company that I’ve dealt with before. It was a bad experience from several years ago, and it left me with such a bad taste in my mouth that I haven’t bothered to apply to them again…even [...]
In: Procedures| TW
9 Mar 2009We tend to think of most writing as being constructive, but sometimes it’s the exact opposite. Take writing a procedure, for example. To write one you’ve got to first break down the larger idea into its smaller components.
Before we start, let’s go over a few concepts first.
What is a procedure?
A procedure is a set of [...]
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24 Feb 2009Yep, that’s right. I am now a Senior Member of the STC (that’s the Society for Technical Communication if you’re not familiar with the acronym.) Now before you get all excited and bring out the congratulations, it just means that I’ve been a member for 5 years straight. No additional submissions to the [...]
In: TW| Working| Writing| technical writing
20 Feb 2009Today I was reading a post from Ugur Akinci about how wikis will transform the role of the technical writer, and it reminded me about the wiki initiatives I was trying to promote at a previous job. Wikis are great tools if they’re used correctly, as they can help alleviate a number of issues that [...]
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13 Feb 2009For the first time in my technical writing career, I’m finding that I have lost a bit of my inspiration for writing. That’s mostly due to the trying situation I’m going through at my current full-time employer. (I won’t bore you with all the details, but suffice to say the lack of process at my [...]
I'm a freelance technical writer who's trying to make the transition from working for somebody else to working for me.