Re: Are you a writer?

["Maggie Secara" <maggie -dot- secara -at- indymacbank -dot- com>]

"Kevin Christy" <kevinchristy -at- socal -dot- rr -dot- com> wrote in message
news:142973 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 
>
> Steve said:
>
> >For yet another twist, surely all respondants are writers as this is a
mail
> list and not a voice stream? :-)<
>
> In point of fact, I just type on behalf of Mr. Christy, who communicates
to
> me telepathically.  Just like those guys in the Star Trek pilot.  I am
> merely a conduit.
>

At least you're not <shudder> merely an editor. ;)

Once upon a time, I tried to sell myself as a tech editor, but y'know, it
turns out that's a different job, and there aren't very many of them.  And
no one advertises for a technical re-writer. But wait, I do write from
scratch, 3 times out of 5, just not all the time!  Oh dear!  Identity
crisis!

I am content that the term as a category is broad enough to include all the
variations of writing and editing that we do.  And I don't think I'll wait
for techwr-l to reach a consensus before deciding whether I'm allowed to
call myself a writer. <wry smile>  Who could wait that long for anything?

Maggie Secara




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