Technical Writing : A Practical Guide for Engineers, Scientists, and Nontechnical Professionals, Second Edition (Paperback, 2 ed)

Chapter 1: The Nature of Technical Writing
1.1 Introduction
1.2     Who Writes Technical Documentation?
1.3 Taxonomy of Technical Writing
1.4 Technical Reporting
1.5 Business Communications
1.6 Scientific Writing
1.7 Exercises
1.8 References

Chapter 2: Technical Writing Basics
2.1 Introduction
2.2  Structuring Your Writing
2.3  Positioning Your Writing
2.4  Choosing the Right Words
2.5  Avoiding Traps
2.6 Making Your Technical Writing More Interesting
2.7  The 5 Cs of Technical Writing
2.8  Referencing
2.9 Exercises
2.10 References

Chapter 3: The Writing Process
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Traditional Writing Process
3.3 Environment
3.4 Dealing with Writer’s Block
3.5 Meeting Deadlines
3.6 Writing Tools
3.7  Permissions and Plagiarism
3.8 Making Your Writing Understandable to All
3.9 Exercises
3.10 References

Chapter 4: Scientific Writing
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Technical Reports
4.3 Tutorials
4.4 Opinion
4.5 Research Papers
4.6 Reviews of books, papers, and reports
4.7. Exercises
4.8 References

Chapter 5: Business Communications
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Resumes
5.3 Transmittal Letters
5.4 Writing letters of reference
5.5  Memos
5.6 Meetings, Agendas and Minutes
5.7 Customer Relations Writing
5.8       Press Releases
5.9       Presentations
5.10     Marketing and sales materials
5.11 Exercises
5.12 References

Chapter 6: Technical Reporting
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Technical Procedures
6.3 Proposals
6.4 Panel Sessions
6.5 Strategic Plans and Planning
6.6 Problem Reports
6.7 User Manuals
6.8 Exercises
6.9 References

Chapter 7: Using Graphical Elements
7.1 Breaking up the Monotony
7.2  Modeling Ideas with Graphics
7.3 Selecting the best model for a schedule
7.4 Dealing with Figures
7.5 Dealing with Tables
7.6 Dealing with equations
7.7 Dealing with Dynamic Content
7.8 Exercises
7.7 References

Chapter 8: Publishing Your Work
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Making a living as a writer
8.3 The Review Process
8.4 Handling Rejection
8.5 Open Access Publishing
8.6 Self-publishing
8.7 Exercises
8.8 References

Chapter 9: Writing For E-Media
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Email can be Dangerous
9.3 E-newsletters
9.4 Blogging
9.5 Social Networks
9.5  E-Magazines
9.7 E-Readers
9.8 Online Courses
9.9 Exercises
9.9 References

Chapter 10: Writing with Collaborators
10.1  Introduction
10.2 Writing in Different Voices
10.3  Very Large Collaborative Writing Projects
10.4 Behavior of Groups
10.5  Other Paradigms for Team Building
10.6 Antipatterns in Organizations
10.7 Exercises
10.8 References

Appendix A:  Writing Checklist
Appendix B:  Writing Samples

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