Welcome

Welcome to my website. I am a professionally qualified and highly experienced Technical Author and Copywriter trading under the name of Open Secret. My speciality is the research and writing of technical, promotional, press and marketing information.

Simply put, people and organisations hire me to write, edit or provide consultancy services for the creation of their technical manuals, promotional materials or user information.

I live and work in Suffolk, in the beautiful market town of Hadleigh. I am able to satisfy the needs of clients anywhere in the UK and abroad via the World Wide Web. My experience spans 25 years and covers the public and private sectors as well as most areas of commerce and industry. I have wide subject knowledge as well as professional business and management skills. My qualifications cover all my fields of activity and I endeavour to maintain and enhance my creative and writing skills through continuing professional development and a wide range of interests and activities. Some of my professional associations and qualifications are shown below, more are listed in my career synopsis.

Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (elected FELLOW 1986)
Institute of Copywriting (elected MEMBER 1999)
Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (elected FELLOW 2001)
Diploma in Public Relations Consultancy (awarded 2004)

Copywriting &
Creative Writing
Press releases and press information. Marketing literature. Sales handouts. Promotional materials. Feature articles. Direct mail letters and inserts. Presentation materials. Website content. Editorial services. Advertorials. Customer relationship and customer support materials.

Peter Finch
FInstSMM, FISTC, MInstC, Dip PR
Click here to see my career synopsis

Technical Writing, Editing &
Information Structuring
User manuals and operating instructions. Maintenance manuals. Safety manuals. Staff guides and operational procedures. Information structuring. Editorial services. Newsletters. Web site content. Proofing and consistency checking. Research and organisation of information.

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