"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."
--Charles Mingus, Jazz Musician
(Quotes about Tech Writing: http://www.sysprog.net/quotwrit.html)
General Sites
Business Communications Writers Write®
This section of Writers Write® "provides resources for business writing, copywriting, editing, marketing, public relations, proposal writing and other forms of business communications."
Copyright
Good, general copyright links from the Librarians’ Index to the Internet. If this link doesn't work and goes to the main page of the Librarians' Index, just type the word "copyright" in the search box to get to this page of links.
Get Busy. Get Equal: Writing Policy and Making It Last
ACLU site on writing and negotiating policy.
Get Started - Tutorial Proposal Writing Short Course
A short tutorial by the Foundation Center, whose aim is "to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy."
Internet Resources for Technical Communicators
Keith Solyts page of selected links related to technical writing. This page was last updated 12/31/2003
but most of the links are still valid and the information appears to remain useful. His blog, "Core Dump" is regularly updated.
ISO Online
"A network of national standards institutes from 147 countries" links to web servers providing standards information.
Occupational Outlook
Handbook
See the article on "Writers and Editors" in this major resource on careers.
TECHWR-L A Technical communication Community.
An "award-winning Web site supporting the TECHWR-L discussion list, as well as the technical communication community."
Strategies to Succeed in Technical Writing
"School for Champions" offering for technical communicators.
Writing a
Successful Grant Proposal
Part of the larger Minnesota Council on Foundations site that provides the
steps to creating a successful proposal.
American Society for Indexing
Excellent overview of the art of indexing as a profession.