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The Technical Writing Process

Describe the three main steps of the technical writing process and how you would use these steps to create the manual mentioned in this scenario.

a) Prewriting – Is the process in which we gather the information to be used in the manual. In this step we must examine the purpose for which we are writing, determine the goal(s) that we want to accomplish, consider the type of audience that will be reading the manual, using all necessary resources we gather the data required to complete the manual and finally, we must determine how we want to convey our information, which is in this case in a manual.

b) Writing – The writing process involves taking all the information obtained in the prewriting process and putting it down on paper in draft form. In the case of a manual we must lead the reader on a steady progression of information to ensure that they will not get lost in all the information. If the information does not follow a specific order,......

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