Ensuring a Purpose in Technical and Scientific Writing
The purposes of writing include both the author’s and the reader’s needs, and both must be aligned if the document is to successfully reach the reader.
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Read MoreGoodwill in Technical and Scientific Writing
Writers often overlook the importance of creating goodwill in their documents. In other words, ensuring that when your readers finish reading your document, they are satisfied with the content of... -
Read MoreAvoiding Pompous Language in Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
The other day, as I was editing, I was reminded of George Orwell’s infamous essay, “Politics and the English Language,” written in 1946. Over 50 years after Orwell’s article, we’re... -
Read MoreQ: In Which Voice Should SOPs be Written?
I read an interesting post this morning about using active and passive voice; the dilemma the technical writer was having was that she was writing SOPs and wanted to use active voice,... -
Read MoreWhat are the differences between technical and scientific writing?
Understand the difference between scientific writing and technical writing. Refine your technical or scientific writing skills with our Hurley Write courses. -
Read MoreWhy is Having a Writing Plan Important?
Lack of a writing plan is a big issue for many writers.In this guide, we share tips on how to create an effective writing plan. -
Read More4 Ways Bad Writing Erodes Productivity and Costs U.S. Companies Billions
Believe it or not, bad writing is costing your organization big time. A former Senior VP at Forrester Research and best-selling author, Josh Bernoff, studied the cost impacts of bad... -
Read MoreHow to Write More Effectively
Most people, when asked what makes writing effective, will answer “clarity” or “flow.” And that’s true, of course, but when asked how “clarity” and “... -
Read MoreReadability: Easing the way for your readers
Hoping to land your company a big contract, you have your team create a proposal for a prospective client. The proposal has all the information necessary to make your case,... -
Read MoreThe ROI of Effective Writing
Do you know what this means: “With this being a small scale preliminary study on the methods to apply on a large scale project, I would rather participate on the... -
Read MoreCommunication Shipwrecks: Lessons Learned from Communication Failures in the Workplace (Part 2)
How Communication Failures Cost You and Hurt Your ROI7 Examples of Poor Communication with Awful (and Tragic) Results, and How to Do BetterIn the world of business, government, and academia,... -
Read MoreCommunication Shipwrecks: Lessons Learned from Communication Failures in the Workplace (Part 1)
How Communication Failures Cost You and Hurt Your ROI This white paper discusses examples of bad business writing and other scenarios we’re calling “communication shipwrecks” in t...