Occupational guides call my profession technical writing. I write commercially for technical and non-technical audiences. Thousands of technical communicators across North America do this same kind of work.
Crafting the perfect document takes thought plus superpowers. There’s a saying, “If I had more time I would have written a shorter document”. I chose this field because I liked editing user manuals so that non-technical readers could understand stuff.
By career mid-point I’d collected enough anecdotes to fill a workbook. Shorter Documents is my theatre. Please visit my column Keeping it short where I explain—in around 100 words—how to perfect document writing.