Josh Fechter

It isn’t easy to be a successful technical writer, especially if you’re a freelancer. Finding gigs can be time-consuming and it’s even harder to find gigs that pay well. A great way to improve your situation is to specialize yourself. Although writers can specialize in many different ways, one of the more lucrative writing specializations is technical writing. On the flip side, considering the required technical writing skills, it’s also...

Information architecture (IA) is the process of organizing, structuring, and labeling content to complement the structural design of shared information environments.  The idea is to improve sustainability and effectiveness while helping users find information more efficiently.  As long as your users are able to complete their tasks effectively and efficiently, you’re doing a good job with your information architecture.  But, to further improve upon your processes, you need to understand...

Knowledge base documentation is all the articles, guides, and content that helps customers and employees get the information they need.  It can include knowledge base articles, directories, best practices, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and more.  Depending on what you’re using a knowledge base for, the documentation can vary. For example, if you’re designing a knowledge base for your customer support team, the documentation would consist of case studies, support templates,...

Are you interested in the best engineering document management software? You don’t have the time to find, analyze, evaluate, compare, and choose the right document management software for your engineering business? This is the guide you should read. We analyzed the top engineering document management software and reviewed the ones with the highest rating so you can get to work right away without reinventing the wheel.  Best Engineering Document Management...

Writing a good book is more than dropping words onto a page and calling it done. Anyone can write down some words, but writing a book that’s good is a whole different story. It takes a lot of skill, talent, and experience, with most also using a writing app or two to assist them. There is a book writing software for each and every part of the process. Different writing...

It is never too early to prepare for the most challenging and exciting writing expedition of the year: NaNoWriMo 2020. NaNoWriMo stands for “National Novel Writing Month,” and it is precisely what it sounds like. Find out if it’s an endeavor worth your time in this complete Nanowrimo review. The goal of this nonprofit organization is to help you write a novel in one month. Nanowrimo will take place in...

A document manager heads the document control department at a company. As a document manager, you would lead the document control team, hire and train team members, oversee the development of company-wide document control procedures, select tools for digital document control, and ensure company-wide compliance with approved document control processes. Members of your team would be responsible for document management of specific departments and projects. However, as a document manager,...

Knowing how to create a story structure is one of the most important parts of knowing how to write a novel. Whether you’re writing a book of 100,000 words or a short story with only 5000, it has to have a good structure. There are different types of story structures, with some being more effective and successful than others. There are also certain story structures that will work within certain...

Are you looking to understand the basics of how to plan a novel? This is the typical first step in the novel-writing process. Even though starting with a structured plan is recommended, not all writers plan their novels. For example, Ann Patchett doesn’t plan at all. On the other hand, some writers, like J. K. Rowling, for instance, like to plan to keep things organized. Rowling says she uses many tools...

Looking to learn how to write a novel? Even though writing a novel is a fun journey, most people doing it for the first time struggle with getting on a consistent writing flow. If you can break the process into practical steps, the task becomes easier. Everyone is different, and some things will work for some that won’t work for others. However, these simple action steps guidelines can help anyone...