One of the things my last post made me think about was a benefit of having a technical communicator involved in the design stages of a product. If the designer involves the writer during the design phase, the latter can look at the design with the question, “How will I explain this? Will this be reasonably simple to explain?”

If the answer to the second question is no, then that’s feedback for the designer. And it’s early enough that the cost is lower. The ship hasn’t left port yet, so you can adjust your coordinates while it’s still easy to do so.

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