Free Resources to Learn Technical Writing
by Ann Green, Content Manager at ClickHelp.com — professional technical writing tool
How to learn technical writing free of charge? It’s easy! Here are some ideas.
Read Free Technical Writing Ebooks
Many technical writing ebooks may seem expensive but ClickHelp creates free content to help you succeed in the tech writing field.
We write not only free articles that help technical writers grow, update their skills, write effectively but also ebooks! Here are some of them that you can download right now!
Technical Writer Career Guide
Whether you only consider becoming a technical writer and not sure where to start, or already have a job and look for ideas and inspiration to develop further in this direction, you may benefit from some tips and guidance which can help you build your technical writing career.
This ebook covers a wide range of questions, from the history of technical writing in antiquity (yes, it’s that old!) to technical writing skills, modern tools, workflows and documentation design.
Types of Technical Documentation
The main aim of technical writing is to help users achieve their goals by using a product. It’s possible only through clear and easy-to-interpret documentation. That’s why there are so many different types of technical documents. Whether you’re a novice or experienced tech writer, you should know the most popular types of documentation because each of them implies different content, style and so on.
In this ebook we will cover the following topics:
- How to write effective documentation.
- Good and bad technical documentation examples.
- Types of technical documentation by readers and by industry.
- Other popular types of technical documents.
Technical Writing: Readability and Text Metrics
The main goal of a technical writer is to create user-friendly documentation. In order to do this, you should figure out the level of knowledge of your target audience on the subject in question. When creating documentation for professionals, you need to really go in-depth. If you are writing for novice users, make sure to cover all the key moments and leave out more complicated stuff. But how to be sure that your documentation will be clear for your target audience? Here is where readability and text metrics step in.
In this ebook we will tell you about:
- Why metrics are important in tech writing.
- How to measure the effectiveness of your documentation.
- Top 5 text metrics to consider for user documentation.
- And much more!
Follow Tech Writing Bloggers
Nowadays, there are many bloggers who share their experience, so you can follow them to learn more about technical writing:
- Technical Writing is Easy! by Kesi Parker
- I’d Rather Be Writing by Tom Johnson
- Technical Communication Center by Ugur Akinci
Take Free Online Courses
In this post, you’ll find courses and resources that are free of charge, so you can easily get the main idea what technical writing is if you are a novice and improve your skills if you’re an experienced tech writer.
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