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Well I didn't say "just write and hope for the best" and I agree with you to some extent, but most people will read books on writing, or follow frameworks, or w
by sixhobbits 4y ago
Well I didn't say "just write and hope for the best" and I agree with you to some extent, but most people will read books on writing, or follow frameworks, or watch videos, and not actually write.
Writing a lot and working with an editor and reading well-written works, and reading books on writing are all good for improving your writing. But if you have to pick one, pick writing. Most people pick all the others and skip the writing part.
- mikelevins 4y agoSpeaking as a sometime professional tech writer, your advice is good. The best way I know to get rapidly better at technical writing is to write a lot with ongoing feedback from a capable professional editor. A good editor will teach you to catch and correct mistakes that you never knew were mistakes. Moreover, they'll teach you to understand why they're mistakes. Unfortunately, the opportunity to write with the support of a capable technical editor is hard to come by. If you aren't working as a tech writer in a professional publications department somewhere, it might never happen.