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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Cerita tentang penulisan teknisSejarah tulisanBahasa dilahirkan pada saat yang sama, karena manusia diciptakan. Bahasa ada jauh sebelum menulis datang menjadi ada. Munculnya menulis dapat dikatakan telah muncul ketika orang mulai untuk menetap. Menulis awal yang ditemukan adalah dalam bentuk gambar. Mesir dikembangkan yang paling terkenal dan terkenal berupa gambar menulis dikenal sebagai hieroglif (Larkin, 1999).Awal tulisanAwalnya pria digunakan untuk merekam melalui tanda-tanda dan gambar di dinding gua-gua dan kemudian pada tablet tanah liat dan express. Edimmu dikembangkan salah satu sistem tulisan paling awal, mereka memiliki spesialis yang dikenal sebagai ahli-ahli Taurat. Para juru tulis ini adalah satu-satunya yang bisa menulis. Sistem tulisan mereka pada dasarnya digunakan untuk mengukur jelai, yang dianggap paling penting komoditi pada waktu itu. (Larkin, 1999)Sistem penulisanSeperti waktu berlalu dan pria berkembang tanda-tanda ini menjadi lebih canggih dan instrumen untuk menulis dikembangkan. Script runcing muncul menjadi ada dan itu digunakan di kota yang berbeda untuk merekam berbagai informasi seperti Kuil kegiatan, bisnis dan perdagangan. Akhirnya wa1; juga digunakan untuk menulis cerita, mitos dan surat-surat pribadi. Hal ini diperdebatkan bahwa sistem penulisan dikembangkan dalam empat peradaban besar: lndus di kuno lndia, Cina,Mesopotamia dan Mesir secara mandiri tetapi sekitar waktu yang sama. (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 EducationFormal 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 onsimplifying 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 writingA 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.