Tom Johnson has sparked a lively debate with his blog post What Does It Mean to Write?. In the post, he wrote “It seems that writing is a spectrum skill”, providing a chart to demonstrate this: In the post’s discussion thread, a consensus seems to have been reached that you cannot define writing skills and… Read more »
Category: writing
What makes a good writing test for a Technical Author?
We’re currently working on developing some new tests to assist clients who need to assess the writing skills of candidate Technical Authors. Writing test papers is a challenging task – it goes against the grain to make mistakes deliberately! English is a language where sentences can be written in many different ways. Today, many people… Read more »
“How to write instructions” – our second Kindle ebook experiment.
We’ve just published our second ebook, called “How to write instructions“. It’s currently priced at just £2.83. This short, concise guide explains how to write instructions, policies and procedures. Written by members of the projects team at technical writing services specialists Cherryleaf Ltd, this book is for anyone who needs assistance in writing instructions for… Read more »
The perils of terminology: My Blackberry is not working!
If there’s one thing the “My Blackberry Is Not Working!” sketch shows, it’s that your terminology may not always be understood by everyone:
Rethinking the traditional bid proposal document
Recently, I attended a Miller Heiman strategic selling training session (hosted by Tim Robertson), which led me to wonder if it’s time to rethink the way organisations create bid/proposal documents. Typically, a proposal document sits outside of the sales prospecting and the Account Management systems and tools that a sales person may use. With the ability to… Read more »