FIVE PRINCIPLES OF TECHNICAL WRITING OF IAN GOMEZ

1. Always have in mind a specific reader ,real or imaginary ,when you are writing a report; and
always assume that this reader is intellegent, but un informed.
2. Before you start to write, always decide what the exact purpose of your report is; and make
sure that every paragraph, every sentence, every word, makes a clear contribution to that
purpose, and makes it at the right time.
3. Use language that is simple concrete, and familiar.
4. At the beginning and end of every section of your report check your writing according to this
principle: first, you tell your readers what you are going to tell them, then you tell them what
you have told them.
5. Make your report attractive to look at.