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I suppose one could be totally objective in this line of work, but then how
would you prove that the documentation you wrote for ZYX company was yours
and not from someone else?
No, it is the personality that you infuse into the document that causes
clients to offer you repeat business. It is your style that they want
because you've proven to them that your documentation is worth it.
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From: "Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:15 AM
Subject: A philosophical tech writing question
> For the past several days, a thread has been going about the need for
> tech writers to remove themselves from what they write and be totally
> objective. That leads me to ask the list something I asked one of my
> professors back at Drexel. Is in truly possible to remove yourself
> completely from what you write. Even when it's completely cut and dry on
> the surface, and you've deliberately tried to make it so, is it still
> going to have SOME trace of your character, personality, etc. in it?
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