Emma Bills

While creativity, flexibility, and storytelling are necessary skills for technical writers, technical writing is not creative writing. In other words, readers of technical writing are not seeking to be entertained but to get information quickly and easily. Therefore, technical writers must learn to communicate complex ideas simply and clearly. This article will briefly cover the principles of correctness, characters, and actions as taught by Joseph M. Williams in Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace.  

While creativity, flexibility, and storytelling are necessary skills for technical writers, technical writing is not creative writing. In other words, readers of technical writing are not seeking entertainment but to get information quickly and easily. Therefore, technical writers must learn to communicate complex ideas simply and clearly. This article will briefly cover principles of cohesion, coherence, and emphasis as taught by Joseph M. Williams in Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace.

While creativity, flexibility, and storytelling are necessary skills for technical writers, technical writing is not creative writing. In other words, readers of technical writing are not seeking entertainment but to get information quickly and easily. Therefore, technical writers must learn to communicate complex ideas simply and clearly. This article will briefly cover the principles of word choice and concision as taught by Joseph M. Williams in Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace.