I recommend the following books and online pages for help with technical writing. I provide a brief comment after each entry to highlight its strong points. Entries in each category are more or less in order of usefulness, web links first, books last.Technical writing UL.open text line-height: 1.2em UL.open li margin-top: 0.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5emThe Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing recommenced; concise guide to technical writing from MIT authors, L. C. Perelman, J. Paradis, and E. Barrett; concise explanation of all aspects of technical writing; available in printed form, but perhaps most useful is this free online hypertext version
Handbook of Technical Writing, G. J. Alred, W. E. Oliu and C. T. Brusaw (Bedford/St. Martin's, New York, 2018, 10th edition) highly recommenced; complete guide to technical writing and other forms of professional communication; includes succinct summary of the writing process; informative entries arranged in alphabetical order; excellent index
Grammar, Punctuation, andCapitalization: A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors (1990) NASA report that summarizes the rules relevant to technical writing
AIP Style Manual with searchable text (1997) American Institute of Physics provides this helpful guide, which has useful advice about technical writing in the physical sciences
How to Write a Good Scientific Paper, Chris A. Mack (SPIE, 2018) A concise SPIE pamphlet with useful guidance that is available as a free ebook.
MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication, J. G. Paradis and M. L. Zimmerman (MIT, Cambridge, 2002) treats all means of technical communication; includes a useful brief handbook of style and usage
An Outline of Scientific Writing: For Researchers With English As a Foreign Language, J. T. Yang (World Scientific, 1995)may be especially useful for ESL writers
Guide to Technical Editing: Discussion, Dictionary, and Exercises, Anne Eisenberg (Oxford University, New York, 1992) useful guide to technical editing
SciWrite: Writing in the Sciences Upper-level online course offered by Stanford University and taught by Kristin Sainani. Especially helpful for its class room-style demonstration of the revision process. After registering, you may watch whatever sessions with which you feel you need help. English writingOnline Writing Lab (Purdue OWL)Purdue University guide to effective writing at college level; grammar and punctuation with exercises; English as a Second Language (ESL)
Bartleby Classic Online Books ( ) has a wonderful collection of venerable writers' aids: the American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, quotations, and more:Elements of Style, classic handbook, written by William Strunk in 1918
King's English, by H. W. Fowler (1908), well-known writers' guidelines
Politics and the English Language, George Orwell (1946) highly-regarded concise essay on basic rules for clear writing. Alternative link
Guide to Grammar and Style useful online guide to many grammatical rules and aspects of style; J. Lynch (Rutgers)
Writing Center ,Grammar-Monster , Online Writing Center several online aids for English writing, grammar, and writing academic papers
Elements of Style, W. Strunk Jr. and E. B. White (Allyn & Bacon, 1995) highly recommended short book giving the basic rules for writing; updated in 1957 by White, it is more complete than the online classic, written by Strunk in 1918
Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting, William A. Sabin (McGraw-Hill, 2010) very complete and easy to use manual on English grammar and usage
Rules for Writing, Diana Hacker, (Bedford/St. Martins, Boston, 2011, seventh edition) excellent compact reference book and textbook on writing at the college level.
Writing: A College Handbook, J. Atwill, J. A. W. Heffernan and J. E. Lincoln (W. W. Norton, 2000) excellent textbook on writing at the college level
Prentice-Hall Handbook for Writers, M. G. Kramer et al. (Prentice Hall, 1994)comprehensive and concise classic reference
Dictionaries and ThesaurusesAmerican Heritage Dictionary, an excellent dictionary with pronunciation sound clip
Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus usable, gives etymology and pronunciation sound clips
Wordsmyth Dictionary and Thesaurus very usable, although definitions are brief; identifies parts of speech
Synonym Finder (Rodale, 1978) a thesaurus in dictionary form; very easy to use
Articles on technical writingI recommend the following articles on technical writing (reproduced by permission). I provide a list of keywords for each. More recent issues of IEEE Transactions on Professional Commmunication are listed at =47."Creative obfuscation," J. Scott Armstrong, IEEE Trans. on Profess. Comm. PC-25, pp. 30-32 (1982)(pdf, 750 KB): technical writing, communication, communication for knowledge, fog index, clarity, obfuscation, unintelligibilty, journal reviewer
"Ten Rules for Writing Readably," Arn Tibbetts, IEEE Trans. Profess. Comm. PC-25, 10-13 (1982)(pdf, 1225 KB): English writing, readability, style, clarity, sentence structure, premise, subordinate clause, parallel structure, surprise
"How well do you inform?," Thomas P. Johnson, IEEE Trans. Profess. Comm. PC-25, 5-9 (1982)(pdf, 1608 KB): technical writing, communication, handling details, handling ideas, concrete nouns, active verbs, tests
"Brainstorming: in search of an idea," Richard A. Taylor, IEEE Trans. Profess. Comm. PC-25, 38-40 (1982)(pdf, 784 KB): brainstorming, green lighting, synergy, recording ideas, free expression, overcoming lulls, stimulating ideas
"The use of repetition in technical communication," Muriel Zimmerman, IEEE Trans. Profess. Comm. PC-25, 9-10 (1983)(pdf, 607 KB): technical writing, communication, clarity, repetition, repeating key points, redundancy
"How to write with style," Kurt Vonnegut, IEEE Trans. Profess. Comm. PC-24, 66-67 (1981)(pdf, 605 KB): technical writing, style, simplicity, conciseness, be yourself, say what you mean, value reader
"To publish or not to publish," Richard A. Conway, IEEE Trans. Profess. Comm. PC-26, 17-19 (1983)(pdf, 670 KB): technical publication, publish or perish, decision to publish, validation, trade information, patent concern, compensation, legal review
"Proposal writing: approaching the approach," Jeffrey M. Seisler, IEEE Trans. Profess. Comm. PC-26, 58-60 (1983)(pdf, 702 KB): proposal writing, approach, rigor, request for proposal, RFP, contractor perspective, purpose, activities, output, anticipated problems, schedule
"Proposals: write to win," Clark E. Beck, IEEE Trans. Profess. Comm. PC-26, 56-57 (1983)(pdf, 564 KB): winning proposal, request for proposal, RFP, organization, approach, technical evaluation, descriptive writing
Article on conference organization"Planning and organizing an annual conference," Janet H. Potvin, IEEE Trans. Profess. Comm. PC-26, 123-152 (1983)(pdf, 8061 KB), [first two pages only] : conference planning, registration, organization, schedule, steps, officers, committees, hotel, site, planning decisions, contingencies, post-conference, publication, proceedings
Slides from my course on Technical Writing for Publication"Writing for publication," K. M. Hanson, full set of slides from a short course presented at SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium, Houston, Texas, February 10, 2018 (abstract), slides (pdf, 3327 KB, 175 slides)
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This edition has been thoroughly revised to include updated advice for analyzing the context of different writing situations, using and integrating visuals, and dealing with ethical concerns in technical writing. Expanded coverage of the latest types of writing for the Web discusses FAQs and blogs as forms of collaborative writing and business promotion. New Digital Tips focus on using technology to assist with writing tasks, such as using wikis for collaborative documents.
Conducting students will research and write a document based, at least in part, on the literature selected for the Graduate Conducting Recital. The specific topic should be selected in consultation with the major teacher and will be historical, analytical, and/or technical in nature. The document, in combination with the Recital Performance, should be of sufficient scope (25-30 typed pages minimum) and conform in every aspect to Thesis standards regarding proper research methodology, writing style, and format.
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