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Subject:Re: How are technical writers perceived? From:Brad Jensen <brad -at- elstore -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sun, 17 Mar 2002 09:07:27 -0600
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From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: How are technical writers perceived?
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> From: "Andrew Plato" <intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com>
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> >Yawn...another day, another rant.
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> Is this appropriate to say to another poster?
Yes, as long as you say it quite clearly.
I like to use the Pee Wee Herman defense
"I know you are, but what am I?"
My spiritual teacher used to say:
"They can''t get my goat because they don't know where my goat is tied."
It helps me to have a sense of humor about these email lists. No matter how
professional
the people are on them, they are people. Email tends to expand the emotional
appearance
of the content. People I agree with are lighthearted and humorous, people I
disagree with are
cynical and sarcastic.
I think Andrew is saying that he believes the emphasis should be on depth of
technical knowledge, while you are saying that you believe that knowing the
tech knowledge is a given, and the major difference is to develop the
writing skill.
Content vs. structure.
People write on these lists because they are emotionally stimulated to do
so.
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