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I am a professional technical writer. When I started out, I desperately looked for tips and tricks. Internet was (and is) full of tips but I could not find a te

by pivic 4y ago

I am a professional technical writer. When I started out, I desperately looked for tips and tricks. Internet was (and is) full of tips but I could not find a tech-writing bibliography. I will soon publish a bibliography of books and guides regarding technical writing. I promise to paste a link here when I am finished, which I believe I will be in a day or two.

rrishi 4y ago
I am definitely looking forward to your bibliography. Leaving a comment so i can track it.
- rodolphoarruda 4y ago
  Ugh, me too.
  - number6 4y ago
    And me too
    - noidesto 4y ago
      And me too
dont__panic 4y ago
Commenting because I don't know a great way to find this comment in the future otherwise. I have a decent learning & development stipend at my job, and I've been looking to buy some hard copies of technical writing books so I can refer to them easily during the workday. And to intimidate my enemies on Zoom, of course. So far my go-tos are "Docs for Developers" and the classic "Elements of Style", which complement each other well, covering the newest documentation strategies and the oldest nonfiction writing strategies, respectively. I'd really like to start posting reviews to my blog as I read more and build out my own library.
- curiousgal 4y ago
  > Commenting because I don't know a great way to find this comment in the future otherwise. You can favorite it.
- sigstoat 4y ago
  > I don't know a great way to find this comment in the future otherwise. click on the time of the comment and then bookmark the resulting page?
scottndecker 4y ago
If you're that close to publishing just publish already :) This thread is dead in the next couple hours.
throwaquestion5 4y ago
I just learned that tapping a comment's time let's you see the option for adding it to favorites. So thanks for that, and your future bibliography reference :)
pivic 4y ago
Here's my post: https://pivic.blog/blog/technical-writing/ https://pivic.blog/blog/technical-writing/
- JHonaker 4y ago
  It's rare someone follows up on a "I'll post this soon." Thank you for the excellent list! Quality books about writing are hard to come by; books about non-fiction are even scarcer. I'm looking forward to reading through your recommendations.
- Tarucho 4y ago
  Thanks!
- Nydhal 4y ago
  Worth its own post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32427110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32427110

by pivic 4y ago

rrishi 4y ago

I am definitely looking forward to your bibliography. Leaving a comment so i can track it.

rodolphoarruda 4y ago
Ugh, me too.
- number6 4y ago
  And me too
  - noidesto 4y ago
    And me too

dont__panic 4y ago

Commenting because I don't know a great way to find this comment in the future otherwise. I have a decent learning & development stipend at my job, and I've been looking to buy some hard copies of technical writing books so I can refer to them easily during the workday. And to intimidate my enemies on Zoom, of course. So far my go-tos are "Docs for Developers" and the classic "Elements of Style", which complement each other well, covering the newest documentation strategies and the oldest nonfiction writing strategies, respectively. I'd really like to start posting reviews to my blog as I read more and build out my own library.

curiousgal 4y ago
> Commenting because I don't know a great way to find this comment in the future otherwise. You can favorite it.
sigstoat 4y ago
> I don't know a great way to find this comment in the future otherwise. click on the time of the comment and then bookmark the resulting page?

scottndecker 4y ago

If you're that close to publishing just publish already :) This thread is dead in the next couple hours.

throwaquestion5 4y ago

I just learned that tapping a comment's time let's you see the option for adding it to favorites. So thanks for that, and your future bibliography reference :)

pivic 4y ago

Here's my post: https://pivic.blog/blog/technical-writing/ https://pivic.blog/blog/technical-writing/

JHonaker 4y ago
It's rare someone follows up on a "I'll post this soon." Thank you for the excellent list! Quality books about writing are hard to come by; books about non-fiction are even scarcer. I'm looking forward to reading through your recommendations.
Tarucho 4y ago
Thanks!
Nydhal 4y ago
Worth its own post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32427110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32427110