Here are six good reasons to hire an experienced technical writer (TWs):

  1. A professional technical writer (TW) will devote 100% of their time to the project.
  2. TWs are trained to assess the content strategy (audience, objective, delivery options, etc.), plan, time-line, & deliver in a timely fashion.
  3. TWs have the awareness and experience of the various content development tools which are available, as well as all the methodologies & delivery options.
  4. Experienced TWs have the organizational & grammatical skills to communicate complex concepts, procedures, & knowledge for a wide variety of audiences, reading levels, and comprehension levels. And let’s not forget the project management & negotiation skills.
  5. TWs are “far enough removed” from the engineering and design of a product or technology so as to have the advantage of viewing a project from an “macro-perspective”, in its totality, versus viewing it from a “micro-perspective”—from the inside.
  6. TWs offer additional value in providing feedback on usability, user-experience, & user-interface to designers, engineers & software developers which can bring big dividends in product improvements up to final product release.