Technical Writing Resources

This is an ever-growing guide that brings together a series of resources to help writers of all types, but with a focus on technical writers, create the best quality content that they can.

== Websites

=== Copywriting

• https://www.enchantingmarketing.com/[Enchanting Marketing]
• https://copyblogger.com/[Copyblogger]

=== Punctuation and Grammar

• https://www.pristineword.com/[Grammar Girl with Mignon Fogarty]
• https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl[PristineWord]
• https://www.scribbr.com/category/academic-writing/[Scribbr's Academic Writing section]

=== Style Guides

Here is a selection of international style guides that you may find yourself using whether with clients or employers.

• https://apastyle.apa.org/[The APA Style Guide]
• https://www.apstylebook.com/[The Associated Press Style Book]
• https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/[The Australian Government Style Manual]
• https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html[The Chicago Manual of Style]
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/welcome/[The Microsoft Writing Style Guide]

== Books

This is a collection of books that I’ve used over the years or use on a regular basis and highly recommend.

• https://plain-words.com/[Complete Plain Words, by Sir Ernest Gowers]
• https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/884888.Freelance_Proofreading_And_Copy_Editing[Freelance Proofreading and Copy-editing, A Guide, by Trevor Horwood]
• https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-guide-to-english-usage/FFC3A6B3CC9511695479B76928791E1F#[The Cambridge Guide to English Usage by Pam Peters]

== Online Groups

=== Write the Docs

Write the Docs is a world-wide community of professionals from all manner of backgrounds who create documentation of all kinds each and every day. They’re passionate about it and equally as passionate about helping others create great documentation.

• https://www.writethedocs.org/[Write the Docs Community]
• https://www.writethedocs.org/podcast/[Write the Docs Podcast]
• https://writethedocs.slack.com[Write the Docs On Slack]