NAME:Tafadzwanashe Stacey Chizema
Registration number: H170074J
Assignment number: 2
Lecturer: Mr Mawere

Technical writing is a type of writing that helps someone solve a problem or acquire necessary information about a specific subject. Jeff Grabrill states that technical writing is writing that helps users solve problems with technologies and technical subject matter. Technical writing is type of writing where the author is writing about a specific subject who requires direction, instruction or explanation. It’s mainly to make people understand specific subjects or a process. It’s a clear way of showing how something works’. Examples are, executive summary statements, instruction manuals, analysis reports, Technical writing is way different from academic and business writing. Technical writing makes complex simple and customer successful (Nicky Bleiel, 2013). It results in relevant useful accurate information geared to specifically targeted audiences in order to enable a set of actions on the part of the audience in pursuit of a goal. There are some types of technical writing which are software documentation, medical writing, scientific writing and proposals.
Allan Pringle states that planning is important. The purpose of witting should be known before one begins. Firstly, you should know your audience so that you know what to write about. When writing you should tailor made your language to suit a specific audience. You should know whom you writing to,