The advantage of words by kurt for technical editing
Technical writing circles have engaged an age-old debate: To produce the best technical writing, does one need to understand the technology behind the content of technical writing through individual study or practice, or can one simply be a good writer who knows how to ask the right questions of subject matter experts?
With words by kurt, you can skip the debate.
Executive Manager Lance R Curtis has an undergraduate degree in metallurgy, an advanced degree in mechanical engineering, and several years experience as both a materials engineer and a reliability engineer. He also has a BA degree in English and 18 years experience providing writing-related services in many engineering arenas. With words by kurt, you get a good writer who understands the technical nature of engineering because he is also an engineer.
We believe writing is best performed by writers who are close to the subject matter at hand. That means, for example, the best writing about gear manufacture will come from someone who has manufactured gears. The best writing about mechanical testing of polymers will come from someone who performed tensile tests on polymer samples.
That's why words by kurt specializes in technical editing. You provide the basic material in a written draft, and words by kurt returns an edited document. You provide the "clay," and words by kurt returns "pottery."
And words by kurt will respect you as a writer. The business was founded on the idea encapsulated in a well-known Chinese proverb: "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." Our best clients don't treat writing like an auto repair shop who expect to park their drafts at our door and return some time later to find their documents "fixed." Nor do we cater well to those who treat technical writing businesses like fast food restaurants where you can receive a drive-thru order in a matter of minutes. We'll of course respect our customers wishes, but words by kurt best serves those clients who themselves want to be better writers.
Engineers are notoriously great idealists and poor communicators, especially with respect to the written word. We at words by kurt aspire to inspire, and that mission pushes us to improve not only others' writing but also other writers themselves. Yes, if we do our job well enough, we'll work ourselves out of business. And that would be a glorious day, because then engineers everywhere would express their great ideas with great language. That's a beautiful and much better world!
If you want to improve both your writing and yourself as a writer, then let words by kurt handle your technical editing needs. Contact us today!
With words by kurt, you can skip the debate.
Executive Manager Lance R Curtis has an undergraduate degree in metallurgy, an advanced degree in mechanical engineering, and several years experience as both a materials engineer and a reliability engineer. He also has a BA degree in English and 18 years experience providing writing-related services in many engineering arenas. With words by kurt, you get a good writer who understands the technical nature of engineering because he is also an engineer.
We believe writing is best performed by writers who are close to the subject matter at hand. That means, for example, the best writing about gear manufacture will come from someone who has manufactured gears. The best writing about mechanical testing of polymers will come from someone who performed tensile tests on polymer samples.
That's why words by kurt specializes in technical editing. You provide the basic material in a written draft, and words by kurt returns an edited document. You provide the "clay," and words by kurt returns "pottery."
And words by kurt will respect you as a writer. The business was founded on the idea encapsulated in a well-known Chinese proverb: "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." Our best clients don't treat writing like an auto repair shop who expect to park their drafts at our door and return some time later to find their documents "fixed." Nor do we cater well to those who treat technical writing businesses like fast food restaurants where you can receive a drive-thru order in a matter of minutes. We'll of course respect our customers wishes, but words by kurt best serves those clients who themselves want to be better writers.
Engineers are notoriously great idealists and poor communicators, especially with respect to the written word. We at words by kurt aspire to inspire, and that mission pushes us to improve not only others' writing but also other writers themselves. Yes, if we do our job well enough, we'll work ourselves out of business. And that would be a glorious day, because then engineers everywhere would express their great ideas with great language. That's a beautiful and much better world!
If you want to improve both your writing and yourself as a writer, then let words by kurt handle your technical editing needs. Contact us today!
Portfolio
Mr. Curtis has produced hundreds of documents for engineering circles, including Quality documents, work instructions, design practices, presentations, and technical papers. He has transformed documents treating typically dry subjects into more interesting reading. Because most of this work contains proprietary information, a large portfolio of past work is not available to view. However, a professional journal has published a case study of a metallurgical failure analysis which Mr. Curtis performed. The article, shown below, provides an example of the quality of writing that clients can receive from words by kurt. Contact us today to learn how we can help you!
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