Not just the facts: what "requirements" mean to a nonfiction writer

Software people are not trained to write, and yet we have to write all the time as part of our jobs. Specifying requirements presents some unique challenges to the software professional in his role as a writer. To learn more about how to deal with these challenges, a writer, Ashton Applewhite, tells us what she does when she writes. There are many lessons here for the requirements writer.