The online Technical Writing Fundamentals course ($159, scheduled for Nov. 9 to Dec. 16 and Dec. 14 to Jan 20) is a good introduction. It gives a history and introduction to the field, teaches how ...

The limited amount of academic writing that students learn in school may not be what they need for the workplace, argue some experts.

Douglas M. Catron, THE CREATION OF METAPHOR: A CASE FOR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN TECHNICAL WRITING CLASSES, Journal of Advanced Composition, Vol. 3, No. 1/2 (SPRING & FALL 1982), pp. 69-78 ...