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Technical writers conceive, plan, and write documentation needed by their company or organization, including user guides, reference manuals, white papers, reports, and proposals. This paper describes one career growth opportunity: that of authoring a book that is published by a commercial publisher and sold in bookstores. The rewards of writing a book for publication include satisfaction in the
jinished book, reaching a wider audience, and working with
a professional publisher The goal of this paper is to
encourage technical writers to consider this career path
and to give specijic, practical advice on how to achieve it.
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From Technical Writer to Book Author
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Keene, Sonya E.
STC Proceedings
1997
Abstract: Technical writers conceive, plan, and write documentation needed by their company or organization, including user guides, reference manuals, white papers, reports, and proposals. This paper describes one career growth opportunity: that of authoring a book that is published by a commercial publisher and sold in bookstores. The rewards of writing a book for publication include satisfaction in the
jinished book, reaching a wider audience, and working with
a professional publisher The goal of this paper is to
encourage technical writers to consider this career path
and to give specijic, practical advice on how to achieve it.
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