Posts Tagged ‘Writing Style’
Conversational Style in Technical Writing
Posted by: lexpower on: September 7, 2010
Do you think it is ever appropriate to use the word you in technical documents? At one company, where I was working as a contract freelance writer on a technical-writing project, the company’s lead technical writer decreed that no one was to use the word you in any technical document. Ever. Under any circumstances. For [...]
What Is Technical Writing?
Posted by: lexpower on: June 21, 2010
In recent decades, technical writing has been particularly associated with engineering, computer hardware and software, and scientific fields in general. However, we all know that technical content may appear in many other types of writing, such as science fiction. Newspapers, magazines and other media may also publish articles or videos that deal with technical subjects. [...]
What Do Metaphors Say?
Posted by: lexpower on: June 22, 2011
asdfl All is connected, all is real, and all is metaphor. Do you think this statement is true? Recently I ran across a website of metaphor examples. According to its author, the site is based on the idea that metaphorical relationships can be considered to be “universal” in scope: a sort of Rosetta Stone between [...]