Makes suggestions for editing technical proposals. Discusses the marketeers, the hierarchy of hype, how to save days, managing story boards, expediting a laborious process, teaching engineers to write, writing incrementally, the art group, and the editing task. Argues that the best proposals come from starting to write early. (SR)

Offers detailed "instructions" on how to fail at multimedia: make it unintelligible, ugly, and big and slow; limit the number of users; assemble a dysfunctional team; violate copyrights; and make it noninternational. (SR)

Outlines the relationship between the General Accounting Office (GAO) and various consultants as the GAO develops and provides extensive writing training for its employees. Maintains that the organization benefits by reconsidering its views and that the academics benefit by learning about the professional writing context. (SR)

Describes six key guidelines for developing usable procedure manuals, including defining the audience; designing a standard format; preparing an outline; using a clear, concise writing style; testing the procedures; and "finalizing" the product with indices, glossaries, appendices, and section tabs. Well-written manuals can increase…

Outlines one school's approach to using microcomputers to help teach writing skills in high school. (MD)

Argues that scientific style manuals provide much sound advice, but also pass along advice at odds with recently published literature regarding how scientists actually conduct research and write up their findings. Presents a revised model for the scientific article based on information in recently published research on communication in science.…

Presents and explains a model for an executive summary which presents correct written information to a business decision maker in an appropriate, readable, useful form. (SR)

Outlines how technical communicators can use the five "W" questions approach--a core element of journalism--in the audience analysis phase of designing information to help ensure that the information meets the audience's needs. (SR)

Advocates writing in-depth captions for yearbooks, including the five W's (who, what, when, where, and why) and one H (how). (SR)

Suggests that editors looking for work can approach companies with some unsolicited editing of the company's own annual report. Suggest what to look for when editing an annual report. (SR)

Shares practical information that technical writers can use when writing scripts for video presentations. Discusses the kinds of information needed for script writing, the steps involved in doing so, and the script's role in production and editing. (SR)

Argues that technical writers must construct proper contexts for readers' understanding. Discusses reader-oriented syntax, rhetorical confidence, and three kinds of context qualifiers. Offers various examples. (SR)

Offers criteria for selecting and editing short stories for high school literary magazines. (SR)

This book presents 24 step-by-step exercises that help young writers strengthen their own unique talent and voice. It includes information on finding a writing style, finding other writers, trying various types of writing, getting feedback and support from friends as well as adults, preparing a manuscript for submission to a publisher, finding the…

Finds that creating a goals and objectives statement not only works to legitimize curricular positioning of the writing center in the academy but also addresses important political, theoretical, and rhetorical questions pertaining to the top priority--helping students become better writers. Shares experiences as writing center administrator at the…