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The Project Kickoff Form: Aid for Launching and Managing New Projects 
If you're a writer like me, news of a fresh assignment brings both excitement and anxiety. New assignments offer opportunities to further our knowledge and expand our portfolios, and they may result in a bonus or a more lucrative contract. But new projects can also inspire angst and dread if you have past experience with projects that involved false starts, unrestrained scope creep, misunderstandings between team members, uncommunicative teammates, or unfamiliar technologies.
Russell, Liz. TECHWR-L (2002). Careers>Management
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Tech Writing Burnout
Beware the need for a vacation when the normally exciting and always rewarding nature of your technical writing job begins to lead you astray.
Russell, Liz. TECHWR-L (2000). Careers>TC>Technical Writing
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Take Control: What To Do When Your Job Interviewers Are Tongue-Tied
When interviewing with a technical writing manager or with others who are familiar with the role of technical writers, the interview process can be a natural and productive information exchange. In such cases, interviewers can often readily define needs, assess a candidate's experience and qualifications, peruse a portfolio with their needs in mind, and initiate questions in the interview that are relevant to the position and candidate. But, what happens when interviewers are less familiar--or unfamiliar--with the role of technical writers or the technical writing position they seek to fill?
Russell, Liz. TECHWR-L (2008). Careers>Interviewing
