Five Aims and Purposes of Technical Communication
An easy-to-scan overview of the scope of the field of technical communication, its professional requirements and skills, its workflow conventions, and its role in product development and usability research.
Learn the Techniques of Writing Before You Write
By Carolyn McKay at The Writer’s Block. The site is an overview on writing in general. However, the article reiterates and expands several of the points Lannon makes about planning a document.
Contracts—An Introduction to the Skills of Legal Writing and Analysis
The full text of this article examines the specialized thinking and writing styles for legal writing, introducing the skills of legal problem-solving, illustrating the major stages of the writing process, and asking students to analyze their own writing processes. Also introduces a computer program to support such writing.
