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Any good books on techical writing

  • 16-01-2008 11:24pm
    #1
    Dapos
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    I think this is the right thread but if it ain't, apologies. I'm currently working as an engineer and i need to brush up on my technical writing skills. Can any of ye recommend a good books on technical report writing. Just looking for a good book as a guide more than anything, with some good tips maybe or common pitfalls.

    Any suggestions?


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  • #2
    Tails142
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    Engineer's Ireland do a technical report writing course - I did it last year and found it to be good. Two days long, not sure of the cost, think it was 800.

    I can see on the calendar they have one scheduled for Jan 30&31 and also March 4&5.


  • #3
    Dapos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭Dapos


    Tails142 wrote: »
    Engineer's Ireland do a technical report writing course - I did it last year and found it to be good. Two days long, not sure of the cost, think it was 800.

    I can see on the calendar they have one scheduled for Jan 30&31 and also March 4&5.

    Thanks for that. i'm going on one soon anyway, just looking for a good book too. there are a lot of books out there, just like to get one thats worth while


  • #4
    mick.fr
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    Not sure about books but the best technical writers are the guys who really own the subject/the product they are working on and have a training/consulting background.

    The thing is to make sure what you are writing is going to be easily understandable by the ones reading it.

    In my opinion you should get a couple of technical books from Microsoft, O'Reilly, etc..that might be more helpful.


  • #5
    Moonbeam
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    Not sure if it is applicable but you would prob get some handy pointers from it but "The portable technical writer" is a book that I found good for writing manuals and reports.

    http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Technical-Writer-William-Murdick/dp/0395986338/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200654599&sr=8-1


  • #6
    skelliser
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    the tech writing lecturer i had recommended the book "elements of style" it basically improves your all round writing abilities.


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    http://www.amazon.com/Technical-Writing-Z-Commonsense-Engineering/dp/0791802361/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200709776&sr=1-1


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