Re: Technical Writing vs. Professional Writing

Subject: Re: Technical Writing vs. Professional Writing
From: Matthew Helmke <matthew -at- matthewhelmke -dot- com>
To: Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 16:26:48 -0500

This is easily the best description I have read in a long time.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Dan Goldstein
<DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com>wrote:

> "It's speculative non-fiction -- we write what we imagine will be true
> sometime in the future." (Sue Gallagher)
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> Judging by the docs I inherited at my last place, I'd have had to reply
> "Fiction; mystery".
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Follow-Ups:

References:
Technical Writing vs. Professional Writing: From: Craig Cardimon
Re: Technical Writing vs. Professional Writing: From: Lauren
Re: Technical Writing vs. Professional Writing: From: jimmy
RE: Technical Writing vs. Professional Writing: From: Dan Goldstein

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