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Valerie Bean

Print and Online Technical Writing Samples

Real-world software documentation samples are not available online due to confidentiality issues; to get a feel for specific presentation of content, read the samples below.

Sample Documents

Cake Decorating 101 (excerpt)—instructional
Employee Assignment—creative book summary
Lessons Learned—alternative status reporting
Project Definition Document—project documentation
Roles & Responsibilities—project information sheet
User Reference Guide—instructional
User Tip Sheet—instructional

Other past deliverables are listed here.

Print and Online Freelance Writing Samples

Communications and Writing

A Good Communicator Keeps Team Apprised
Ease the Burden of Weekend Writing
Effective Team e-Mail
One Good Sentence After Another
What's Unexpected in Midlife?
What's Your Writing Process?
Working Backward Moves Writing Forward
Working with Editors and Writers-in-Residence

Personal Essays

Art Buchwald and My Grandmother
Close to Home
Letter to a (Potential) High School Dropout
Meetings? Bah, humbug
Mentoring My Boss: The View from Down Here
My Family Vacation
Teenagers' Actions Touch Everyone's Lives

Profiles and Success Stories

Ernie Coombs: The Remarkable Mr. Dressup
Got Kids? These Two Women Can Help
International Writers Take on the Short Story Challenge
Phil Power on Officiating Minor Hockey
Retired Nurse Brings Aboriginal Story to Light
She Plays Hockey
Unity Between Strangers (A Homebuilder’s Story)
Writer-in-Residence: A Conversation with Poet Anne Simpson

Spirituality and Parenting

Adventure
Can You Profit from Your Intuition?
Giving in the Spirit of Christmas
Life's Curriculum Vitae
Teaching Kids to Share
Ube: Where Am I Going?

Valerie Bean

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