Re: What do you do when you don't have anyone with the time to review and edit your docs

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

It makes perfect sense to me. You know exactly what you mean in your writing, so a lot of times it never occurs to you to wonder if someone else will read things differently. And as for spelling and grammar, when you see the exact same thing often enough, your mind stops noticing it.

I dunno...maybe see if you've got a laid-off friend who can give it a look for you? Gives you the backup you need and gives him something to do in his spare time. I've been on both sides of that kind of a deal a couple of times.


--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> From: Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Subject: What do you do when you don't have anyone with the time to review and edit your docs
> To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 2:27 PM
> Hi,
> 
> I've just recently finished a user guide. I've sent it out
> for review, and I
> have reviewed and edited it many times myself, but I am at
> a point where I
> can no longer spot my mistakes. What do you do when there
> is no one to read
> your stuff, and they still want to push out the docs anyway
> without a proper
> review.
> 
> I feel (sorry David) that they are going to come back to me
> and nail me for
> mistakes, even though they know that there wasn't a proper
> review. I have
> worked for employers in the past that expected perfection.
> I realize that
> this concept is not realistic, but it's still very
> prominent.
> 
> Am I making sense? Does anyone have any advice?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wade
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