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Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see anyone mention Judith Tarutz's
"Technical Editing". I bought this book when I was still in university
(doing an English lit MA, not a TW degree) when I started thinking about a
career in TW. It's an extremely valuable guide for any kind of tech writer.
It is practical and direct, and is a huge help in getting your reviewing
work done. Maybe if it wasn't the first TW book I read I wouldn't like it so
much, but it was and I do.
It's a pretty good companion to Hackos' book, which would be another of my
first picks. The Hackos doc development project structure was exactly the
same (with a doc slant, obviously) as the Oracle SDLC (Software Development
Life Cycle), and in my first job with an Oracle consulting outfit I earned a
lot of credit by showing the developers that my work was just as structured
as theirs. We could both understand each other and it led to good
communication and very efficient project management. (The capability
maturity model though... ugh. Why does the book _start_ with the CMM?)
Oh, and one more: Robin Williams' Non-designer's series. Useful information
and plenty of practical understanding of design.
Sorry to weigh in so late, but... you know... lurking...
M@
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