Today, students other than biology, computer science, or physics majors are enrolling in technical writing. English and communication students, seeking lucrative careers as professional writers or editors, are increasingly signing up for the course. Lacking extensive scientific backgrounds, these students may have a difficult time writing about technological topics. How then, can instructors of a technical writing class for juniors and seniors accommodate nonscience majors yet still provide them with realistic scenarios reflecting a professional writing environment? This author asserts that professors can use a business framework to help these nontechnological majors complete technical writings. This paper describes the similarities between technical and business writing, the history technical writing shares with other professional writing, and how today's blending of types of writing all create a rationale for using a business framework. It also shows how to structure such a course, provides a sample assignment, and explains how students benefit from the approach. (Contains 1 note.)