Technical Writing: Master Your Writing Career (Udemy.com)
Technical Writing: How to Become a Profitable, Reliable, and Successful Technical Writer
Created by: Joseph Phillips
Last updated June 2024
What you will learn
- Identify the goals of technical writing
- Research the writing topic
- Investigate writing competition
- Know the needs and goals of the writer's audience
- Define the book contents and boundaries
- Outline the book for painless writing
- Create a realistic writing schedule
- Write the perfect technical book
- Revise and polish the technical book
- Market the book for good sales volume
- Write with confidence on any technical writing assignment
How it compares
Against the other 392 rated Udemy courses in Communication Skills on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
- Reviews1,410#147 of 393 by number of reviews
- Length5.3 hourslonger than 83% of them
- Last updatedJune 2024earlier than 67% of them
Course Description
Are you a technical writer? Are you a profitable, reliable, and successful technical writer? Would you like to earn more, get more writing assignments, and grow your business?
I can help. I’m Joseph Phillips, and I’ve written hundreds of technical magazine articles and I’ve published 33 books for companies like McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, and the American Management Association.
In this course I’ll guide you through the technical writing process – not how to write, but how to write effectively, quickly, and accurately. I will show you my exact approach to technical writing that I’ve developed over the past twenty years. You can adapt my technical writing system to your career to grow your technical writing demand.
This isn’t a gimmick, but an honest method that I’ve used in my writing career. There are no shortcuts to good, effective technical writing, but this approach will help you to streamline your writing and editing time, every time.
In this course we’ll also examine the revision processes, working with editors, and the importance of writing well. We will also discuss how to promote the book through web sites, blogs, webinars, and press releases.
Technical writing is more than just a nonfiction book. Technical writing is education through the written word. Readers look to technical books to help them achieve specific goals in their lives - and it's up to you, the technical writer - to write clear, concise directions for your readers.
Let’s get started today to begin growing your profitable technical writing career.
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
1,410 Reviews
Joseph Phillips
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Joseph Phillips is the best-selling author and project management instructor.
He has more than 25 years of experience as a project management consultant, educator, technology consultant, business owner, and technical writer. He has consulted as a project manager for a range of businesses, including startups, hospitals, architectural firms, and manufacturers.
Joseph is passionate about helping people learn and master project management. He has led both in-person and web-based seminars on project management, PMP certification, IT project management, program management, writing, business analysis, technical writing, and related topics.
Certifications:
Project Management Professional (PMP)
PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
PURE Project Manager
CompTIA Project+ Professional
CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer+
Certified ITIL Foundations Professional
Professional Scrum Master I
Author of:
PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide, McGraw-Hill
CAPM/PMP All-in-One Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill
PMI-ACP All-in-One Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill
PMP Project Management Lab Book, McGraw-Hill
The Certified Technical Trainer All-in-One Exam Guide, McGraw-Hill
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Reviews
By Melissa Dunn on 4/26/2024
I recently completed this technical writing course, and I'm truly grateful for the knowledge and skills it provided. The course covered a wide range of technical writing principles in a clear and concise manner. The instructor's expertise and enthusiasm for the subject made the learning experience engaging and enjoyable. From audience analysis to formatting guidelines, every aspect was explained thoroughly with practical examples that made it easy to understand and apply. Overall, I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to enhance their technical writing abilities. Thank you for the invaluable learning experience!
By Damon Garn on 6/9/2020
I enjoyed this course! It provided practical information, was informative without being dry, and gave me a lot to think about. More than anything, it has helped me to organize concepts I was already aware of but had not really emphasized in my writing career.
By karl Bamforth on 3/22/2020
Excellent course. Joseph is very good at getting himself and his ideas across. The course was full of helpful hints and tips that I have already been able to put into practice. I wish there were copies of slides to print out.
By Karolina.Likus on 7/3/2019
I'm satisfied with the course, and I'm happy that I have chosen this particular one. I really enjoyed the way it is designed and Joseph is undoubtedly an amazing expert from whom you can learn a lot. The course is more suitable for people who want to publish their first technical book then for those who want to start a new career as a technical writer. Thank you Joseph, and hope to learn from you again soon :)
By Mary Jane McDermott on 2/13/2019
This is a solid course that covers the nuts and bolts of technical writing. The author has obviously walked this walk. He is not shy about sharing real world experiences - both successes and early failures. Content is well organized, flows logically, and is delivered in "small bites." As a working professional, I was unable to sit through the entire lecture series in one go - but it was easy to log out, log back in, and pick up right back where I left off. Great experience.
By Casey Elsasser on 2/9/2019
Started off as very informative on the basics of technical writing. A lot of general information that I might have overlooked or not been aware of. I think overall it gave me a good insight behind what Technical Writing really is, but it mostly focused on a specific part of Technical Writing. It's more focused on writing a book for Technical Writing, which I don't see myself doing at this stage. Regardless, it has a lot of good information.
By Cynthia Richards on 1/18/2019
Outstanding course! I've written several fiction books and was interested in combining my writing with my technical career. This course gave me the insight I needed to proceed. And I've picked up quite a few tips I can use as I write fiction as well.
By Shamim Shimon Kunda on 6/18/2018
this course was very helpful, straight to the point, clear enough to guide through the real life challenges of writers. I have M.Sc in PM, and I wrote my dissertation in Risk Management (2010-2013), since then I loved writing; and I already read a book PMI for Joseph F, and that what encouraged me to go through this course, he is an excellent instructor, and his advice are practical, and this is what made this course more successful. thank you Shamim
By Courtland Coon on 4/20/2017
Very straightforward, not overwhelming. It moves at an almost relaxing pace that I am not used to in most Udemy courses. I was surprised that there was only text on screen, but I like that for this subject because it allows me to compartmentalize the information for clearly. It was extremely useful to me as an aspiring technical writer.
By Richard Enos on 3/25/2016
Joseph Phillips speaks with clarity and conviction. It is obvious he has real experience as a project management and technical writer. Some of the content in the middle of the course seems a little repetitive and could be cut. Overall I did like how he discussed the editing and publishing process and found it educational, whether or not I choose to train as a tech writer.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












