Sometimes you just don't know the right direction in which to move. I truly believe, based on my own experience, that a good writer who hasn't quite made it yet can benefit in so many ways from adding Technical Writer to her list of qualifications. OK, so not every technical writing job is the Great American Novel. But we did it for the love of the craft. Lord knows, I stank at it, and it was so dull I couldn't bear it.
Some people say that technical writing is completely non-creative.
I couldn't disagree more. Technical writing is much more than a compromise career for me. Through my work, I have grown as a writer, learning to verbalize more succinctly, to dive deeper and deeper in expressing details, carefully crafting words to get a point clearly across. There is no question that I am a better all-around writer for having become a successful technical writer. Sure, highly technical writers are perfect for writing highly technical manuals for highly technical people.