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Description

Are you a technical writer? Are you a profitable, reliable, and successful technical writer? Would you like to earn more, get more writing assignments, and grow your business?
I can help. I’m Joseph Phillips, and I’ve written hundreds of technical magazine articles and I’ve published 33 books for companies like McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, and the American Management Association.
In this course I’ll guide you through the technical writing process – not how to write, but how to write effectively, quickly, and accurately. I will show you my exact approach to technical writing that I’ve developed over the past twenty years. You can adapt my technical writing system to your career to grow your technical writing demand.
This isn’t a gimmick, but an honest method that I’ve used in my writing career. There are no shortcuts to good, effective technical writing, but this approach will help you to streamline your writing and editing time, every time.
In this course we’ll also examine the revision processes, working with editors, and the importance of writing well. We will also discuss how to promote the book through web sites, blogs, webinars, and press releases.
Technical writing is more than just a nonfiction book. Technical writing is education through the written word. Readers look to technical books to help them achieve specific goals in their lives - and it's up to you, the technical writer - to write clear, concise directions for your readers.
Let’s get started today to begin growing your profitable technical writing career.
Who this course is for:
Not a course for fiction writers
Not a course for people seeking a course on English grammar

What you'll learn

Identify the goals of technical writing

Research the writing topic

Investigate writing competition

Know the needs and goals of the writer's audience

Define the book contents and boundaries

Outline the book for painless writing

Create a realistic writing schedule

Write the perfect technical book

Revise and polish the technical book

Market the book for good sales volume

Write with confidence on any technical writing assignment

Requirements

  • You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design experience is needed.
  • No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.

Course Content

27 sections • 95 lectures
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1-Technical Writing: Master Your Writing Career Overview
2
1.1-Introduction
1.2-Defining Technical Writing
2-Technical Writing: Know Your Topic
8
2.1-Technical Writing: Knowing Your Topic Overview
2.2-What are you Writing About?
2.3-Goals of Technical Writing
2.4-Are you the Expert?
2.5-What's Your Competition?
2.6-Why Your Technical Book?
2.7-Will Your Technical Book Sell?
2.8-Section Wrap: Knowing Your Book's Topic
3-Technical Writing: Know Your Audience
6
3.1-Technical Writing: Know Your Audience Overview
3.2-Who is your audience?
3.3-How Will the Audience Use Your Material?
3.4-Technical Writing: Writing With Style
3.5-How To Identify Your Technical Writing Audience
3.6-Section Wrap: Knowing Your Audience
4-Technical Writing: Plan the Book
7
4.1-Technical Writing: Plan the Book Overview
4.2-Define the Book Content and Boundaries
4.3-Identify Chapters, Headers, and Specific Content
4.4-How to Outline for Less Painful and Successful Writing
4.5-Determine the Technical Book Length
4.6-Create a Realistic Writing Schedule
4.7-Section Wrap: Planning the Book
5-Technical Writing: Write the Book
8
5.1-Technical Writing: How to Write a Book
5.2-How to Get Started
5.3-How to Write Quickly
5.4-Write with Organization
5.5-Write First. Edit Second.
5.6-Keep Writing and Writing and Writing
5.7-Five Ways to Get Writing Done
5.8-Section Wrap: Writing the Book
6-Technical Writing: How to Write Well
6
6.1-Technical Writing: How to Create Good Writing
6.2-Strategies for Good Technical Writing
6.3-Leveraging Technology for Better Writing
6.4-Better Writing by Better Words
6.5-Three Books for Writers
6.6-Section Wrap: How to Write Well
7-Technical Writing: How to Rewrite the Book
7
7.1-How to Rewrite the Book
7.2-Starting the Revision Process
7.3-Justifying Changes to Book's Content
7.4-Adhering to the Book's Outline
7.5-Hold Yourself Accountable
7.6-How to Not Hate Your Writing
7.7-Section Wrap: Rewriting the Book
8-Technical Writing: How to Polish Your Writing
7
8.1-How to Polish the Book
8.2-How to Self-Edit a Manuscript
8.3-Hiring an Editor for a Technical Manuscript
8.4-The Role of the Technical Editor
8.5-The Role of the Copy Editor
8.6-The Role of the Proofreader
8.7-Section Wrap: Polishing the Book
9-Technical Writing: Marketing the Book
6
9.1-Marketing Your Book
9.2-Writing for Blogs
9.3-Utilizing Social Media for Book Marketing
9.4-Hosting a Webinar for Book Sales
9.5-Writing a Press Release for Your Book
9.6-Section Wrap: Marketing the Technical Book
10-Technical Writing: Wrapping up the Course
3
10.1-Five Truths About Technical Writing
10.2-Wrapping the Technical Writing Seminar
10.3-Bonus