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Why do some people think that technical writing is boring?

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Question added by Samar Saleh , Community Manager , Bayt.com
Date Posted: 2014/03/19
Shahzadi Ambreen
by Shahzadi Ambreen , Academic Coordinator , Garrison Academy Kharian Cantt

lack of technical knowledge could be one of the reasons....

Michael Finner
by Michael Finner , BPM Technical Writer , Belcan

A lot of people find writing difficult, or boring.  Technical writing, by definition, for most people is even worse then.  What most people don't see is the process.  You can't simply write, you have to start with what you know and move towards the unknown.  Along the way you need to interview others, test equipment and software, learn tools, design layout and creatively communicate the information to the audience, in whatever way gets the message across best.  A lot of people fail to see the creativity inherent in all of that - their loss, our job.

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