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Since you said you're willing to try "what it takes": I suggest to try contributing a couple of articles to LWN.net[1]. You'll gain valuable experience working
by kashyapc 4y ago
Since you said you're willing to try "what it takes": I suggest to try contributing a couple of articles to LWN.net[1]. You'll gain valuable experience working with highly competent editors.
Be prepared for several rounds of fine-grained heavy editing process. FWIW, I benefited greatly from my interaction with the LWN editors by contributing a handful of articles. Here's a somewhat recent example[2].
[1] https://lwn.net/op/AuthorGuide.lwn https://lwn.net/op/AuthorGuide.lwn
[2] "A QEMU case study in grappling with software complexity" — https://lwn.net/Articles/872321/ https://lwn.net/Articles/872321/
- ghaff 4y agoI'll also throw in a plug for opensource.com. Article-length (i.e. ~ 1K word) pieces for a publication where editors will actually take time and care to work with you--which is by no means a given these days is definitely the path I would recommend. Note that this is different in a number of ways from technical documentation. At the same time, it's also closer than something more literary or (for the most part) something more like reporting which has its own style (and other rules).