Story of Technical WritingHistory o

Story of Technical Writing
History of Writing
Language was born at the same time as man was created. Language existed long before writing came into existence. The advent of writing can be said to have emerged when man started to settle down. The initial writing found was in form of pictures. Egyptians developed the most famous and well-known form of picture writing known as the hieroglyphics (Larkin, 1999).
Early Writing
Initially man used to express and record through signs and pictures on walls of caves and later on clay tablets. The Mesopotamians developed one of the earliest writing systems, they had specialist known as scribes. These scribes were the only ones who could write. Their writing system was essentially used to measure barley, which was considered the most important commodity at that time. (Larkin,1999)
Writing Systems
As time passed and man progressed these signs became more sophisticated and instruments for writing were developed. Cuneiform script came into existence and it was used in different cities to record variety of information such as temple activities, business and trade. Eventually it wa1; also used to write stories, myths and personal letters. It is debated that writing systems were developed in four major civilization : lndus in Ancient lndia, Chinese,
Mesopotamian, and Egyptian independently but around the same time. (Daniels & Bright,1996)
During the Golden age of Islam, Arabic script was prominently used everywhere and it became one of the world's standard scripts. As man evolved so did writing, Greeks developed the earliest ways of writing which is quite similar to 'the modern, Writing system .They Used to write, with metal Stylus on wax-coated tablets.
The invention and, use of link by Chinese took writing to new heights. Advancement in technologies altered what was written and how it was produced. by the end of 16th century old Roman and Greek letters were transformed into twenty-six alphabets letters, as we know today.
 
Writing in Education
Formal education played a significant role in bringing the writing to masses. This changed the nature of writing and evolved into the form we know now.
Writing is considered a very powerful learning tool and plays a very crucial role in our education. It helps us discover new information, ideas, evaluate our thoughts and opinions. Writing is broadly divided into fiction and non-fiction. Fiction is a kind of writing that deals with ideas or events that are imaginary or theoretical whereas non-fiction is a kind of writing that is based on facts and information. Major types of non-fiction literature are essays, journals, memoirs, technical documentation/writing, scientific papers, travel books, blue prints and user manuals.
What is technical writing?
Technical writing is a kind of non-fiction writing it is used for technical communication and is often associated with help files' procedure and user manuals one of the important uses of technical writing is step-by-step explanation of how to do things, for example. assemble a machine repair, something, routine maintenance, recipe to make something. It focuses on
simplifying something which is complex. It can be said that technical writing involves creating useful documents that can be clearly understood by the readers good technical writing presents useful information in a way that is easily understood by the users.
 
The origin of technical writing can be traced back to Geoffrey Chaucer who wrote “Treatise of Astrolabe” the first technical writing in English Language. This treatise is considered the oldest work in English describing a complex scientific instrument. This document is admired for its clarity in explaining difficult concepts (North, 1988).
technical writing as a discipline came into existence around the world war 1 due to the growing need in technology based documentation. In 1953, the society of technical writers and the association of technical writers and editors were setup to improve the Practice of technical writing. Later these two organizations merged and formed society of technical communication. The golden age of technical writing started with invention of computers and the need for help files for the laymen (Alred, et al, 2006)

Characteristics of good technical writing
A well-written piece of technical writing presents information in a relevant, useful and accurate way, which is targeted towards a special audience. A good technical document requires the following techniques:
- Clear, simple writing;
- A thorough under standing of the procedure in all its technical details;
- Ability to put yourself in the place of the reader, the person trying to use Your instructions;
- Ability to visualize the procedure in great detail and to capture that awareness on paper;
- finally, willingness to go that extra distance and test your instructions (Alred, et al, 2006)

Conclusion :
of changes have taken place in the field of technical writing. Now there are specified writers called technical writers. Technical writing has is own categories. Technical writers work together with editors graphic designers and illustration, document specialist, content managers, in instructional designers, trainers, and analysts to produce an amazing variety of deliverables, including: contracts, customer service scripts, design documents, FAQs, how-to-do videos, instructions, knowledge-based articles, policy documents, user manuals, training course materials, warning labels, help files, white papers, etc.

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Story of Technical WritingHistory of WritingLanguage was born at the same time as man was created. Language existed long before writing came into existence. The advent of writing can be said to have emerged when man started to settle down. The initial writing found was in form of pictures. Egyptians developed the most famous and well-known form of picture writing known as the hieroglyphics (Larkin, 1999).Early WritingInitially man used to express and record through signs and pictures on walls of caves and later on clay tablets. The Mesopotamians developed one of the earliest writing systems, they had specialist known as scribes. These scribes were the only ones who could write. Their writing system was essentially used to measure barley, which was considered the most important commodity at that time. (Larkin,1999)Writing SystemsAs time passed and man progressed these signs became more sophisticated and instruments for writing were developed. Cuneiform script came into existence and it was used in different cities to record variety of information such as temple activities, business and trade. Eventually it wa1; also used to write stories, myths and personal letters. It is debated that writing systems were developed in four major civilization : lndus in Ancient lndia, Chinese,Mesopotamian, and Egyptian independently but around the same time. (Daniels & Bright,1996)Selama zaman keemasan Islam, tulisan Arab mencolok digunakan di mana-mana dan menjadi salah satu skrip standar di dunia. Sebagai laki-laki yang berkembang begitu juga menulis, orang Yunani mengembangkan cara-cara awal penulisan yang sangat mirip dengan ' sistem tulisan modern. Mereka digunakan untuk menulis, dengan logam Stylus lilin-dilapisi tablet.Penemuan dan, penggunaan link oleh Cina mengambil menulis ke ketinggian baru. Kemajuan dalam teknologi mengubah apa yang ditulis dan bagaimana itu diproduksi. pada akhir abad ke-16 huruf Rom dan Yunani yang lama disulap menjadi dua puluh enam huruf huruf, yang kita kenal sekarang. Menulis dalam pendidikanPendidikan formal memainkan peran penting dalam membawa menulis untuk massa. Ini mengubah sifat menulis dan berevolusi menjadi bentuk yang kita tahu sekarang.Menulis dianggap sebagai alat belajar yang sangat kuat dan memainkan peran yang sangat penting dalam pendidikan kita. Ini membantu kita menemukan informasi baru, ide-ide, mengevaluasi kami pikiran dan pendapat. Menulis luas dibagi menjadi fiksi dan non-fiksi. Fiksi adalah semacam penulisan yang berhubungan dengan ide-ide atau peristiwa yang imajiner atau teoritis sedangkan non-fiksi adalah semacam penulisan yang didasarkan pada fakta-fakta dan informasi. Jenis utama dari non-fiksi sastra adalah esai, jurnal, memoar, dokumentasi/penulisan teknis, karya ilmiah, perjalanan buku, blue cetakan dan manual pengguna.Apa yang dimaksud dengan penulisan teknis?Teknis menulis adalah semacam menulis non-fiksi yang digunakan untuk komunikasi teknis dan sering dikaitkan dengan file bantuan manual prosedur dan pengguna salah satu yang penting menggunakan penulisan teknis adalah langkah demi langkah penjelasan tentang bagaimana untuk melakukan sesuatu, misalnya. merakit perbaikan mesin, sesuatu, pemeliharaan rutin, resep untuk membuat sesuatu. Ini berfokus padamenyederhanakan sesuatu yang kompleks. Dapat dikatakan bahwa teknis menulis melibatkan membuat dokumen berguna yang dapat jelas dipahami oleh para pembaca yang baik penulisan teknis menyajikan informasi yang berguna dengan cara yang mudah dipahami oleh pengguna. Asal-usul penulisan teknis dapat ditelusuri kembali ke Geoffrey Chaucer yang menulis "Risalah Astrolabe" teknis pertama menulis dalam bahasa Inggris. Risalah ini dianggap sebagai karya tertua dalam bahasa Inggris yang menggambarkan instrumen ilmiah kompleks. Dokumen ini dikagumi karena dan kejelasan dalam menjelaskan konsep-konsep sulit (Utara, 1988).penulisan teknis seperti disiplin yang muncul menjadi ada di sekitar perang dunia 1 karena yang berkembang membutuhkan teknologi berbasis dokumentasi. Pada tahun 1953, masyarakat penulis teknis dan Asosiasi teknis penulis dan editor adalah setup untuk meningkatkan praktek penulisan teknis. Kemudian dua organisasi ini bergabung dan membentuk masyarakat komunikasi teknis. Zaman keemasan penulisan teknis dimulai dengan penemuan komputer dan perlu untuk file bantuan untuk orang awam (Alred, et al, 2006)Karakteristik dari penulisan teknis yang baikSepotong ditulis dengan baik penulisan teknis menyajikan informasi dalam cara yang relevan, berguna dan akurat, yang ditargetkan untuk khalayak khusus. Dokumen teknis yang baik memerlukan teknik berikut:-Menulis jelas, sederhana;-Menyeluruh di bawah berdiri prosedur dalam segala perinciannya teknis;-Kemampuan untuk menempatkan diri di tempat pembaca, orang yang mencoba untuk menggunakan instruksi Anda; -Kemampuan untuk memvisualisasikan prosedur secara detail dan untuk menangkap bahwa kesadaran di atas kertas;-Akhirnya, kemauan untuk pergi jarak ekstra dan menguji instruksi Anda (Alred, et al, 2006)Kesimpulan:perubahan yang terjadi dalam bidang penulisan teknis. Sekarang ada penulis tertentu yang disebut penulis teknis. Penulisan teknis telah adalah kategori sendiri. Konten penulis teknis bekerja sama dengan editor desainer grafis dan ilustrasi, spesialis dokumen, manajer, instruksional desainer, pelatih dan analis untuk menghasilkan berbagai menakjubkan penyerahan, termasuk: kontrak, pelanggan layanan script, desain dokumen, FAQ, bagaimana-untuk-melakukan video, petunjuk, artikel berbasis pengetahuan, dokumen kebijakan, user manual, pelatihan bahan-bahan kursus, peringatan label, file bantuan, kertas putih, dll.