| There are a lot of different types of Do It Yourself | | | | written the book or manual with the technical jargon |
| jobs, carpenter, plumbing, car repair, and pouring | | | | instead of using words that the average high school |
| concrete. All these jobs take a certain type of skill. | | | | student would understand they are wasting the |
| As a mechanic since I was old enough to hold a | | | | customer's and their own time. |
| wrench and turn the nut on a bolt I have had a very | | | | It is harder to write a Do It Yourself book than a |
| interesting career from hobby of restoring older cars | | | | technical manual. The author must know how to do |
| to working on advanced fighter aircraft. But one of | | | | the task, then take the technical explanation and turn |
| the easiest Do It Yourself repair tasks is the | | | | it in to the explanation that the reader understands |
| computer repair. | | | | with out the technical terminology. With out the |
| Why do it yourself? Maybe the closest technician is | | | | technical training and the experience that comes with |
| miles away and it would cost more than the | | | | time the author would have a hard time writing an |
| computers worth to have someone come to fix it. | | | | expert Do It Yourself manual or book. |
| Or maybe the owner wants to learn how to make | | | | With over forty years of experience as a mechanic, |
| the repairs their self to save money or just for fun. | | | | electrician, and over twenty as a technician in the |
| A Do It Yourselfer are not always fully trained in the | | | | computer industry I feel I have the necessary |
| field that they want to do the task. That is why | | | | qualifications to write Do It Yourself books. |
| different experts write manuals and books that | | | | I have written five books so far and plan on writing |
| explain the how and why of different trades. | | | | more. My first endeavor was a general all around |
| To write a Do It Yourself book or manual takes a | | | | computer repair book for the novice, intermediate, |
| certain type of person. The person must be an | | | | and professional. The main idea behind the book was |
| expert in the field and have extensive experience | | | | that if someone wanted to repair, upgrade, or build a |
| with hands on doing the tasks it takes to complete | | | | computer then it need to be written in every day |
| the job. Some manuals are so technical that an | | | | language and not be so technical that the normal user |
| average person would not be able or even inclined to | | | | could not read it. |
| purchase or try to use one. | | | | When it was completed my first book had over |
| What the do it yourself person is looking for when | | | | three hundred and fifty pages of text and graphics |
| they purchase a technical manual or book is how | | | | specifically for the future DIY Computer Repair |
| easy it is to follow the directions. If the author has | | | | person. |