Technical Writer Job Description

If you are good at explaining things and have an interest in writing, that a career as a technical writer might be exactly what you are looking for. You will see in the majority of technical writer job descriptions that their primary duty is writing explanatory texts for school textbooks, operation manuals, and rulebooks. Essentially anything that complex needs to be written out in plain English for a layman to understand is within the purview of a technical writer. To become a technical writer you will generally need a degree in English or creative writing.