format for technical writing portfolios

[Kate O'Neill <wordy -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM>]

forwarded for a friend:

>I'm putting together a portfolio of my technical writing, and I had a
>few questions about portfolio conventions:
>
>- How large should a portfolio be?  Mine is ten pages double sided,
>and includes three different styles of work.
>
>- Should the portfolio be double-sided or single-sided?  I am
>assuming that it should be printed up the way it would actually be
>used (i.e., double-sided)
>
>- Should I precede each piece with a paragraph or two discussing
>target audience, deadline constraints, style constraints, and so on?
>I haven't done so yet, but it seems like a good idea.
>
>- Should I only include complete pieces, or are fragments okay?  So
>far I have been able to find examples of my work that are only a few
>pages long, but in the future I may have longer pieces I want to
>include.

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