Technical Writing and the Elements of Style
Scott's blog about technical writing is quickly becoming one of my
favorite blogs. His most
recent post is about improving your writing skills and he makes a number of
very good points. Along with what he suggests in his post, I would also suggest
every writer pick up a book called the Elements of Style. Elements of Style is a very small book that
includes an incredible amount of knowledge that can be immediately applied to
your writing. I think this book is especially valuable to technical writers as
it places emphasis on keeping sentences simple and eliminating unnecessary
words. With technical books the subject being written about is
normally complex enough without overly complex sentences and unnecessary
words making it even harder to read.
-James