Understanding Style Guides for Technical Writers

Welcome to episode 091 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency.

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Today’s episode unpacks an article by senior technical writer Curt Robbins entitled Understanding Style Guides for Technical Writers" that was published on January 15 on LinkedIn.

Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of this article by Robbins. They explore the benefits and challenges of style guides, both industry-standard guides from organizations like Apple, Microsoft, and Google and those of in-house style guides.

In the end, the hosts recommend that organizations try to use both. While particularly true of large enterprise organizations, smaller companies can also gain tremendous value from an in-house style guide combined with an industry-standard guide such as the Chicago Manual of Style.

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>> Read the original article by Curt Robbins here: https://tinyurl.com/34jce96f

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>> Read Robbins' article "The Eight Pillars of Technical Writing": https://tinyurl.com/vm35fnsm.