Long before I ever realized how intrinsic writing has been in terms of my own life development. I wanted to be a Civil Engineer, and an Architect. Turns out I've done nothing of the sort. I have however developed a K-6 ESL curriculum from alphabet to essays. I've also spent years "translating" (for lack of a better word) auto manufacturer owner manuals for customer comprehension. Technical writing does appear to be a fading talent. Maybe I'm lucky I never had a secretary~
Sounds like you do have a talent for writing - and the sense of necessity that I think is often missing. I mean, if only people can see the need, they can usually find a way to doing something about it as well.
Maybe you even find joy in writing? And creating a curriculum could indicate that you also find joy in seeing your writing being used to improve the lives of others?
In my experience, there can be many ways into a role as a technical writer. And we should remember that technical writing is covering a lot of ground - everything from the instruction guide for a toothbrush, printed on the package, to the formal report of a pharmaceutical study for the approval of a new medicine is technical writing. And even the button names on a device, or the pop-up messages on your phone.
The lack of secretaries today is one of several indicators of how we think about products and the development lifecycle - that the engineering part is the main thing, then comes marketing, and then we abandon it all and run for a new product. The users' needs are not really being taken into account, and the internal users (all the people working with the product development, support, etc.) are struggling with the lack of focus on knowledge sharing as well.
Of course there are exceptions but it would be nice to see more attention on describing products and services and assisting everyone around with the needed information.
I find a lot of joy in writing. Like having children who learn to walk, run, cook, and overcome personal challenges all their own. There's joy and pride when someone else can achieve things as a result of your dedication and work. Then again, there's a certain kind of pleasure in the earliest stages of making of those children too.
I try not to get too caught up in enjoying my words as much as having structure. It's too much like singing in the shower when I should be finding a sponsor, audience, or even an audition.
If my novels become the product, I can live again in all the places I already have. I want to revisit all of the places I lived and worked as an accomplished adult, and see how much has changed. It's a weird bucket list.
Long before I ever realized how intrinsic writing has been in terms of my own life development. I wanted to be a Civil Engineer, and an Architect. Turns out I've done nothing of the sort. I have however developed a K-6 ESL curriculum from alphabet to essays. I've also spent years "translating" (for lack of a better word) auto manufacturer owner manuals for customer comprehension. Technical writing does appear to be a fading talent. Maybe I'm lucky I never had a secretary~
Sounds like you do have a talent for writing - and the sense of necessity that I think is often missing. I mean, if only people can see the need, they can usually find a way to doing something about it as well.
Maybe you even find joy in writing? And creating a curriculum could indicate that you also find joy in seeing your writing being used to improve the lives of others?
In my experience, there can be many ways into a role as a technical writer. And we should remember that technical writing is covering a lot of ground - everything from the instruction guide for a toothbrush, printed on the package, to the formal report of a pharmaceutical study for the approval of a new medicine is technical writing. And even the button names on a device, or the pop-up messages on your phone.
The lack of secretaries today is one of several indicators of how we think about products and the development lifecycle - that the engineering part is the main thing, then comes marketing, and then we abandon it all and run for a new product. The users' needs are not really being taken into account, and the internal users (all the people working with the product development, support, etc.) are struggling with the lack of focus on knowledge sharing as well.
Of course there are exceptions but it would be nice to see more attention on describing products and services and assisting everyone around with the needed information.
I find a lot of joy in writing. Like having children who learn to walk, run, cook, and overcome personal challenges all their own. There's joy and pride when someone else can achieve things as a result of your dedication and work. Then again, there's a certain kind of pleasure in the earliest stages of making of those children too.
I try not to get too caught up in enjoying my words as much as having structure. It's too much like singing in the shower when I should be finding a sponsor, audience, or even an audition.
If my novels become the product, I can live again in all the places I already have. I want to revisit all of the places I lived and worked as an accomplished adult, and see how much has changed. It's a weird bucket list.