Lone Writer: When You're the Only Tech Writer

Being a technical writer at a big company usually means working as part of a team of several writers. This session, we’ll look at the other extreme: being a solo writer. Some topics we might cover:

• Our experiences as lone writers
• How it compares to working on a writing team
• Start-ups vs. established companies that remain small
• The many hats a lone writer wears
• Navigating your organization
• Strategies, from establishing and maintaining processes to editing without an editor
• Finding community beyond your organization

Note that we will be taking August off for vacation. We’ll return in September with a focused conversation on job hunting.

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