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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/5341
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I have a moderate level of skills in _technical writing_ ( **TW** ) having gone through graduation in engineering. I was wondering what would be the best way to sharpen my knowledge. I am also interested in asking this especially for my juniors who have an opportunity for a fresh start.

Do we learn **TW** by:

1. getting a good text book and reading it? There are so many of them; which one should I choose?
2. taking a class and doing the homework?
3. reading technical articles and imbibing their style?
4. writing and referring to textbooks occasionally?

Sometimes, I find students and colleagues that do not have good technical writing skills i.e. they lack conciseness, clarity and completeness. I also do not adhere to this sometimes. So how do you improve your technical writing skills when you have already learned the "wrong" way. I want to let my students focus on that and at the same time help my colleagues. You may suggest me a book or some specific guidelines.

Original score: 7