Consultant Questions

["Tamara Reyes-Muralles"<trm -at- telusplanet -dot- net>]

Hi,

Currently, I am working on a large project. By the time the project ends, I
will have been the technical writer at my client site for two years. Right now
I am starting my plans for my own technical writing company. I have so many
questions and research to do. Can you help me?

I will be the only employee of my company. However, if I get a lot of calls
for work, I will need to hire someone. I will probably need to send resumes
to the client. I was thinking about putting an ad in the local paper asking
technical writers to send me their resume for potential contract positions.
Does this seem like a good plan?

Other technical writing companies offer to do work on or off site. If a technical
writer were making a Help system, wouldn't it be almost impossible to make the
Help without having access to the company's application? The writer would need
to talk to developers and take screen shots almost every day. How can a technical
writer really work at home and make a company's Help system?

Tamara

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