Technical Writing as a Freelance Business

For anyone with a technical orientation who has dreamed of independence, technical writing may be the ticket to a potentially lucrative career change. This book includes a self-evaluation, examples of technical writing assignments, how to kick-start your business and how to grow it through collaboration. Also included are tips that can be applied to any home business: analyzing the competition, finding customers and establishing a web presence. You're shown what it takes to be a technical writer, and how your own personality may or may not mesh with the life of a technical writer. This is a very practical and relatively quick read based on real life experiences.