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Subject:RE: Caring about good writing... From:"T. Word Smith" <techwordsmith -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:25:53 -0800 (PST)
Or, if you work for a company where, fortunately,
everyone and everybody is already an excellent
technical writer with twice your skills, including
Spanky, the lawn-mower guy, focus on just getting done
what the boss wants. After all, occasionally in the
real world, your real audience is the guy who
authorises the paycheque. Sometimes, you can find
hilarity in walking the tightrope between ....
--- "Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> wrote:
>
> It's not about you, it's about your product. Don't
> be a good tech writer;
> produce good tech writing, which is:
> * Clear
> * Concise
> * Correct
> * Complete
>
> Some corollaries:
> * Part of being clear is using good design, good
> English, etc.
> * Part of being correct and complete is working well
> with others.
> * "Others" include users, SMEs, clients, and bosses.
On a related note, why not take some training,
edumacation, get mentored ... etc.? (Hey, I stayed
outta the Eggo thread.)
=====
T.
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