Technical Communication
by Valerie Cooper
1. email, memos, letter, job search, websites, instructions, manuals, proposals, presentations, reports...
2. It is not creative writing but a problem solving type of writing--workplace and rhetorical
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2.2. varied in document genres
3. Is practical and simplifies complex info or explanations to something easy to use
3.1. COVERS MANY TOPICS
3.1.1. writer must have a ton of understanding of subject
4. plan, research, draft, review---tons of editing and preparation/drafting until finished product is distributed
4.1. HIGHLY EDITED
4.2. Collaborative writing, involves many departments in a professional environment
5. Rhetorical
6. based on facts
6.1. clear and focused meanings
6.2. unambiguous language use
6.2.1. saying more with less words,--- as in Analyze this Fig 1.1
7. Design Centered
8. visual
9. ethical
10. writer must be "neutral" and unbiased with his point of view and considerate of target audience, present info from user's viewpoint
11. interviews, consider the where and how to obtain info.
11.1. New node
12. Professional
12.1. detailed
12.1.1. it is carefully researched info
12.2. complex
12.2.1. based on facts, high use of visuals, highly organized, follows a process or guide PSA