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The answer to your question is that they're all around you -- just go to a
computer
or appliance store. ;-)
HOWEVER... if it was me interviewing you and looking over your portfolio,
I'd be
more impressed by original work done from the beginning. I'd suggest that
you find
a community group you like and offer to do a www site, procedural guide, or
brochures;
do a help system for a hobby or a piece of software you already own; contact
a few
companies you're interested in working for and offer to do an internship for
the experience
and the samples.
Art
Art Campbell
Technical Publications
Northchurch Communications
Five Corporate Drive
Andover, MA 01810
978 691-6344
-----Original Message-----
From: Melanie Shook [mailto:melshook -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 5:58 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Creating Samples
I'm new to tech writing and need more samples for my portfolio. Does
anyone know where I can find some poorly written, short user manuals I
can re-write and use for writing samples?
