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Category Archives: proposal writing
What a Difference a Month Makes!
As I noted in my previous entry, I’m scaling back on my Heroic Technical Writing posts. That doesn’t mean work has stopped or I have nothing to say; I’m just trying to be a little more judicious about how often … Continue reading
Repurposing Content
Back in the early days of this century, I attended the Society for Technical Communication (STC) meeting here in Orlando. One of the hot topics of the time was using XML (the extended markup language, an advanced version of HTML) … Continue reading
Posted in documents, marketing, proposal writing
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Keeping Your Acronyms in Order
I’ve written about acronyms here and there, but occasionally I get a master’s-class-level experience that must be shared. For the past two weeks, in between family get togethers, I’ve been working on a rather hefty proposal for a customer (in … Continue reading
Posted in editing, proposal writing
Tagged acronym lists, acronyms, alphabetizing, symbols
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Evaluating Past Performance in Real Life
Recently a friend invited me to the Sebring International Raceway, where his brother was driving his Porsche GT4 at a high performance driver education event. Basically, instead of a race, the track was allowing people with sports cars to drive … Continue reading
Posted in personal, proposal writing, technical writing, Technology
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Best of Heroic Technical Writing
I’m approaching another solar orbit (tomorrow, 50-something). Rather than taking the day off, I thought I’d share some “Best of Heroic Technical Writing” posts. Enjoy!