Technical Writing's Big Secret

Technical writing tells the reader how to use a product. If the product can be used successfully by a technically unsophisticated reader, the manual can be written by an unsophisticated writer. It helps if the writer has enough background to understand the product designers' technical jargon, but this isn't absolutely necessary.

Plamondon, Robert. High-Tech Technical Writing. Articles>Writing>Technical Writing

Technical Writing's Big Secret

The big secret in technical writing is that most of the harder documents aren't written by the technical writers at all. In fact, many "technical writers" never do any writing at all. Instead, the drafts are written by engineers or marketers. The technical writers perform editorial functions and provide publications services -- copy-editing, layout, review management, and so on.

Plamondon, Robert. High-Tech Technical Writing (2008). Articles>Writing>Technical Writing>Technical Editing