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> I've often heard creative writers say "you should
> write like you speak." I've slowly com to realize that
> my technical writing style is very minimalistic; to
> the point, summarized, organized. My speech patterns
> are the same way - a man of few words. When I write my
> thoughts out for the sake of gaining clarity
> (journaling), I also write short, summarized
> sentences.
Creative writing, a fellow TW used to say,
is something that should be stamped out.
Well, he meant in the so-called business context.
"To the point, summarized, organized" is exactly
the way technical writing *should* be.
Anything less (or do I mean more?) is wasting
someone else's time.
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