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Estimating Time for Writing and Editing Projects

One of the greatest challenges for freelance writers is the creation of accurate time estimates for jobs. The Estimating Process Content research Task or tool training (self-education) Basic Estimates These estimates are based on JoAnn Hackos’ Managing Your Documentation Projects, page 170 (1994). Hours Required/Unit Information Type 5 hrs/page User…

When the ‘Block’ is Finding a Topic

What’s new in technology that would interest a broad audience? I ask myself that question the first weekend of each month when I sit down to write “Virtual Valley,” a column for Direct Magazine (formerly Visalia Direct magazine), a publication of DMI Agency that is a newspaper insert and direct mailing. After writing the…