Developing quality technical information
by Gretchen Hargis, Michelle Carey, Ann Kilty Hernandez, Polly Hughes, Deirdre Longo, Shannon Rouiller, Elizabeth Wilde · first published 2004
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I always suggest Developing Quality Technical Information, and I'll link to both Amazon [0] and my personal review of it [1]. This is the best book about writing I've ever read, and it's significantly improved my writing in concrete ways. One small example is…
on “What I Did Not Learn About Writing in School” ↗Developing Quality Technical Information - https://www.amazon.com/Developing-Quality-Technical-Informat... My review + some notes - https://river.me/blog/book-review-quality-technical-informat... (it's very good)
on “What I think about when I edit (2019)” ↗The IBM book "Developing Quality Technical Information" is the best I've read on technical writing. For writing style, pickup any novel by Hemingway and copy it. You can also Google "how to write like Hemingway" for some easy to follow basic rules. IMO,…
on “Lessons Learned from “On Writing Well”” ↗…considering UI/UX as well as technical writing topics - a couple personal recommendations: * Don't Make Me Think! (UI/UX) * Forms That Work (UI/UX) * Letting Go of the Words (interface writing / UI/UX) * Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors (technical writing)
on “A curated list of books on Software Architecture” ↗Not everyone but since this is HN I'll say Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors. It's intended for technical writers as an audience, and there's a couple chapters developers can skip that are about formatting with pretty diagrams and using DITA…
on “Ask HN: What is one book you would recommend everyone to read?” ↗Developing Quality Technical Information is a very good foundation: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/developing-quality-tech...
on “Ask HN: Any great books about technical writing?” ↗