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10 Technical Docs That Make Clients’ Lives Easier Every Day
Technical documentation doesn’t have to be dry. When you create clear, organized, and client-focused docs, you save clients time, build their trust, and reduce your support workload.

Borrowed Pen
3 min read


20 Jargon-Free Strategies to Show Buyers How Your Specs Outperform Competitors
Your specs deserve a standing ovation, but buyers are too busy to give them the applause they deserve.

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3 min read


10 Ways to Make Your Technical Content Feel Like a Conversation, Not a Manual
Your big ideas deserve clear words. When content gets buried in jargon, readers tune out fast. Not because they don’t care, but because it’s like you are speaking a different language. Fortunately, you can take even the most technical topics and turn them into content your audience will actually enjoy. Here are our tips on how:

Borrowed Pen
2 min read


Quick Tips To Write SOPs That Workers Can Follow Without Mistakes
When SOPs are written with the worker in mind, they stop being dusty binders and start being everyday tools. At Borrowed Pen, we know how to take complex processes and translate them into SOPs your team can actually use.

Borrowed Pen
2 min read


7 Tips To Create Documentation That Explains Drawings in Plain Language
Technical drawings are powerful. They capture detail, precision, and design intent. However, not everyone reading those drawings is an engineer, architect, or designer. Clients, contractors, and even new team members may look at a page of lines and labels and think, “What am I looking at?”

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3 min read


What Makes A Good Technical Writer?
Hiring a technical writer? Before you ask for a writing sample or quiz someone on commas, let's make your hiring checklist so you're paired with the right professional.

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2 min read


Industry Niche Writing Sample: Engineering Market Research Report
Title: " Successful Battery Cell Design with Simulation"

Natalie Hussey
5 min read


Should You Hire A Technical Writer In-House Or Contract Your Technical Writing?
Here's when to bring on an in-house technical writer versus when contracting out is best.

Natalie Hussey
2 min read
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