Concise, straightforward, practical: The fourth edition of Thorsten Ewald's Writing in the Technical Fields: A Practical Guide provides students with a clear, accessible approach to building strong technical writing skills. Drawing examples from a range of technical industries and fields, Ewald helps students apply their technical minds and the communication skills they already possess to logical, easy-to-remember principles and rules of writing. With a wealth of annotated documents, sample assignments, and step-by-step processes, Writing in the Technical Fields gives students the tools they need to be effective technical writers in both in person and virtual workspaces.

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Thorsten Ewald holds a Master's degree in Literature and Rhetoric and, in addition to having worked as a technical writer documenting electromechanical systems and writing business plans and annual reports, he has taught at BCIT for 17 years. Ewald continues to teach technical communications full-time at BCIT but also works in the field doing corporate communications training.