Re: 'Know thy audience'; was: RE: What is 'well Written'?

[Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>]

elizabeth j allen wrote:
> Hi Ned,
>
> It seems to me that because our work involves creativity, you want to call
> it art.
>   

While it is true that I don't object to calling tech writing an art, I 
don't exactly think that the title of Tech Writing Artist is the brass 
ring.  I think it is useful to recognize the extent to which we do draw 
on artistic processes.  But I dunno, maybe I've drunken too deeply of 
the Kool-Aid again.

--Ned
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