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The [|Society for Technical Communication] (STC) defines **Technical Writing** as a broad field that includes any form of communication that exhibits one or more of the following characteristics: (1) Communicating about technical or specialized topics, such as computer applications, medical procedures, or environmental regulations. (2) Communicating by using technology, such as web pages, help files, or social media sites. (3) Providing instructions about how to do something, regardless of how technical the task is, or even if technology is used to create or distribute that communication. Technical writing is accomplished by [|technical writers], who may be professionals or amateurs. Such writers ideally begin by forming a clear understanding of the purpose of the document they will create. Technical writers then typically gather information from existing documentation and from subject matter experts. A [|subject matter expert] (SME) is any expert on the topic that the writer is working on. Technical writers are often not SMEs themselves (unless they are writing about creating good technical documentation). Workers at many levels, and in many different fields, have a role in producing technical communications. A good technical writer needs strong language and teaching skills and must understand the many conventions of modern technical communications. Advanced technical writers often move into specialized areas such as [|API writing], document architecture, or [|information management]. [|wikipedia] ||  ||
 * ||= **Technical Writing** is a form of [|technical communication] . It is a style of writing used in fields as diverse as [|computer hardware] and [|software], [|engineering] , [|chemistry] the [|aerospace industry] , [|robotics] , [|finance] , [|consumer electronics] , and [|biotechnology].