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    Technical Writers, Defenders of Truth
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    The Sport of Technical Communication
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Transitioning to Tech Comm: Five Things to Prepare Yourself
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    What's in it For Me? Judge in the Chapter Competitions
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

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  + Some years when I judge, I spend way more time on one entry than all of the others combined, because I admire the writing. Most of my writing is of the "Press Enter because I said so" variety. When I encounter an entry that achieves a friendly tone without risking the use of humor, I try to figure how the writers achieved the tone so I can improve my own writing.
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