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In some applications, technical writing may be written for experts or fellow scientists within a field of work or study. In these applications, a "white paper" form of technical writing is used to describe a specialized topic and market a product/service or opinion/discovery to select readers. Organizations normally use the white paper style to publish technical writing as industry journal articles or academic papers. The white paper style is written to appeal to readers familiar with a technical topic. Unlike procedural technical writing, white papers often include unique industry terms and data. Sometimes called ''scientific technical writing'', this secondary form of technical writing must show a deep knowledge of a subject and the field of work with the sole purpose of persuading readers to agree with a paper's conclusion. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://pressbooks.pub/coccoer/chapter/audience-analysis/ | title=Audience Analysis | year=2015 | last1=Hamlin | first1=Annemarie | last2=Rubio | first2=Chris | last3=Desilva | first3=Michele }}</ref> The majority of technical documents written for this application are [[ghost written]] by a technical writer for an organization's industry expert.
In most cases, however, technical writing is used to help convey complex scientific or niche subjects to end users in "laymen's" terms and includes purely factual content. Modern procedural technical writing relies on simple terms and short sentences, rather than detailed explanations with unnecessary information like pronouns, abstract words and unfamiliar acronyms. To achieve the right tone and simplicity. procedural docs are written from a third-person, objective perspective, with a formal tone. This writing style is very similar to the style used in print journalism. <ref>{{Cite book |last=Marshall |first=Carrie |title=Technical Writing For Business People |publisher=Swindon UK |year=2018 |edition=1st |pages=1}}</ref> Although technical writing plays an integral role in the work of engineering, health care, and science; it does not require a degree in any of these fields. Instead, the document's author must be an expert in technical writing. An organization's Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), internal specifications, and a formal engineering review process are relied upon to ensure a document's information is accurate. As a result, most organizations rely on a formal division of labor between technical writers and subject matter experts to manage technical
Examples of fields requiring technical writing include [[computer hardware]] and [[software]], [[architecture]], [[engineering]], [[chemistry]], [[aeronautics]], [[robotics]], [[manufacturing]], [[finance]], [[medical]], [[patent law]], [[consumer electronics]], [[biotechnology]], and [[forestry]].
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