What is Technical Communication/Writing?

When I initially signed up for Introduction to Technical Writing, I only had a vague idea about what the class would be like. Just looking at the name of the course, I figured that we would be writing but the technical part of the class description threw me off a bit. After reading the short assignment over what technical writing is, it has given me a better understanding to what technical writing means. Before reading the assignment, I thought that technical writing was just something used in the work force such as emails or memos sent back and forth between employees and employers. After going over the list of things that involve technical writing, I now see that technical writing is in much more of our lives than just business emails and memos. I have been reading technical material, such as cook books and magazine articles, everyday without even realizing it. I now have a better understanding to what technical writing is and what it is not.