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Subject:RE: What Are Writing Skills? From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:29:48 -0500 (EST)
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> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-137490 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf
> Of Tony Markos
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> I started this thread. Funny thing: I have yet to get
> an answer!
>
I thought someone mentioned Rhetoric already. That is the answer.
> I was told that the "meat" of writing skills is
> structured writing skills. But try researching to
> find the specific, concrete techniques and steps
> involved in structured writing - they don't exist!
> Structured writing is "blue smoke and mirrors".
>
I don't think that term was used as a term; I think it was in a general
discourse about what's necessary for a technical writer to do, but perhaps
I'm remembering incorrectly.
> Therefore, I conclude that writing skills don't exist.
> We just analyze like and engineer, design like an
> engineer, and then top it off with a little grammar.
>
Your conclusion is illogical. Write it in the form of a syllogism and you
will see for yourself.
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