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"This looks like a job for --- EDITOR MAN! Look ! up in the sky ... "
Seriously, I was going to explain the situation to him.
David Downing
Senior Technical Writer
Credit Union Solutions
Fiserv
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard L Hamilton [mailto:dick -at- rlhamilton -dot- net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:55 PM
To: Downing, David; 'Technical Writing'
Subject: RE: When reviewers collide
Sounds to me like a job for your editor, because he will
have an unbiased perspective.
However, be sure to let him know the full situation so
you don't drop him into a wasp's nest without warning.
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> m] On Behalf Of Downing, David
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:47 AM
> To: Technical Writing
> Subject: When reviewers collide
>
>
> Yesterday, I held a document review meeting in which one of
> my reviewers said that two paragraphs should be rewritten for
> clarity. I rewrote them and sent the new versions out to
> everyone who was at that meeting, and now one person says he
> liked my original wording better. So, what to do - come up
> with a hybrid, stick with the original wording, or give both
> versions to our editor and let him make the decision.
>
> David Downing
> Senior Technical Writer
> Credit Union Solutions
> Fiserv
>
>
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