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Subject:SME vs. Audience From:twriter01 -at- mindspring -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:35:15 -0600
As a technical writer, I would like to be the SME and "one with my
audience." However, that is not always the case. If you have to pick one
path, which would you choose: be "one with your audience" and interview
your SME for information that you know your audience needs, or become an
SME, and then write for the intended audience, or do something completely
different?
