: A technical author should always know what illustration would work best at which point in their document. However, it isn't always necessary to prepare the illustrations yourself. For the documents

A technical author should always know what illustration would work best at which point in their document. However, it isn't always necessary to prepare the illustrations yourself.

For the documents that I write, I prepare most of the illustrations myself. Especially schematic diagrams, charts and similar reasonably simple technical pictures. However, I am not an artist or a graphic designer. Knowing one's limits is important. If you have access to someone who can turn your back-of-an-envelope picture into something beautiful, then stick to what you do best - the words.

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: A technical author should always know what illustration would work best at which point in their document. However, it isn't always necessary to prepare the illustrations yourself. For the documents

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: How does a person go about describing a place/experience that they never personally experienced before, like a circus? I've never been to a circus, and all the shows and videos I've seen about

: How can I get my style to feel more mature? I'm 22 year old and when I read myself, my writing style feels juvenile. By that, I mean that everything seems enveloped in a drape of purity,

: What are standard techniques that indicate to the documentation reader that they are to substitute their own appropriate text (e.g. username, domain)? When reading manuals or guides, I can easily

: That is the problem. You seem to tend to a real world ethic that men shouldn't hit woman. But the problem is: You write about a whole new world or a world with it's own microcosmos,

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