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A peer to peer meet-up for documentarians. If you care about helping your readers have an awesome experience reading documentation, this meetup is for you. If you want to meet with other people that have chosen this path in the London area, to share war stories or to get inspired, come and join us on one of our meetups.
This meetup is supported by the global Write the Docs community.
Write the Docs is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of event participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any event venue, including talks. Event participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the event without a refund (if applicable) at the discretion of the event organisers. You can find our CoC at the Write the Docs website.
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Prose and Cons: Creative Writing for Technical Docs
Codat, 15 Long Lane, EC1A 9PN, London, GB📖 How can storytelling techniques change how users experience your technical documentation?
Join WTD London’s own Polina Zaichkina as she explores how creative writing techniques can transform technical documentation into clear, engaging, and user-friendly content. Inspired by a fiction writing course, she’ll work to bring principles of fiction into the realm of technical writing, focusing on practice, practice, practice.
🗒️ Agenda
When: Thursday 23 October, from 6.30pm
Where: Codat, 15 Long Ln, London, EC1A 9PN
What:
18.30 - 19.00 Arrival
19.00 - 19.45 Part 1 of presentation
19.45 - 20.00 Short break
20.00 - 20.45 Part 2 of presentation
All times are approximate.📍 How to find us:
The entrance to the Codat office is located inside the glass doors of Griffin Court, to the left of the Subway. You'll see WTD signs and organisers.
Map pin | what3words📸 Photos:
Note that the organizers will take some photos for the WTD group.20 attendees
Find, Scan, Read: A Structured Approach to Documentation Creation & Improvement
Wallacespace Spitalfields, 15 Artillery Lane, London, GB🔍 Many lone Technical Writers and Technical Documentation Managers are faced with a common challenge. They are either told to create a documentation set or asked to improve an existing documentation set. This is no easy task, which can be overwhelming.
In this talk, Gareth Brinn, Senior Technical Writer at Gravitee will talk about how he approached such a challenge. He will discuss how he structured his goals just like a user would approach reading his documentation. They have to find the documentation, scan the documentation, and then read the documentation. By following the same path as his reader, Gareth was able to create small, attainable goals that made big impacts to the documentation.
🗒️ Agenda
When: Thursday 20 November, from 6.30pm
Where: Wallacespace Spitalfields ( 15 Artillery Ln, London E1 7HA )
What:
18.30 - 19.00 Arrival
19.00 - 19.10 Welcome & Housekeeping
19.10 - 19.40 Part 1 of presentation
19.40 - 20.00 Break
20.00 - 20.30 Part 2 of presentation
20.30 - 21.00 Closing and networking
All times are approximate.📍 How to find us:
Look for WTD signs and organisers.
Map pin📸 Photos:
Note that the organizers will take some photos for the WTD group.---
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