RE: What is happening to us -- was RE: What's wrong with this headline?

["Al Geist" <al -at- geistarts -dot- com>]

Right on Steve..... 

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Subject: RE: What is happening to us -- was RE: What's wrong with this
headline?

William Sherman says:

> As such, it impacts our jobs in that fewer people seem to view 
> technical writers as a profession and as worth any money. After all, 
> everyone learned to write in third grade.

I think the "everyone can write, we learned it in the third grade" attitude
is a big  part of the problem. I've been told "Well, he has a PhD and has
written journal articles. 
So we know he can write." But can he write accurate, concise procedures? How
about creating any of the other documents needed?   
Or will editing and rewriting take me more time than doing it myself? 




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