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Directions in Technical Writing and Communication (Technical Writing and Communications Series, Vol 1)
Directions in Technical Writing and Communication - Technical Writing and Communications Series, Vol 1 ABOUT THE BOOK Teachers of technical writing are frequently handicapped by a lack of material to back up discussions in the classroom and in textbooks. Directions in Technical Writing and Communication will help to overcome this weakness. The articles have been selected from more than two hundred published in The Journal of Technical Writing a... more »nd Communication. In these readings a number of principles are discussed in specific ways: first, the question?what is technical writing? Once this has been established, the reader is introduced to four aspects of the subject: reports, proposals, professional papers, and presentations. Then the industrial writers take over with their articles ranging through the practical: how to edit, and how to prepare special kinds of communication. The book closes with ideas from various sources on evaluation, readability, and motivation.« less