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Re: "Technical Writing: How to Break Into this Lucrative World"
Subject:Re: "Technical Writing: How to Break Into this Lucrative World" From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> Date:Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:09:00 -0700
Absolutely... you can just make it all up as you go. No one will notice.
> Chris
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:06 PM, John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> wrote:
> Nor the new admin guide for a new admin system that is continually
> changing. No challenge there, nope, none.
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah... not exactly what is expected in the *very* technical PLC user
>> manual I've been working on these past several months.
>>
>> > Chris
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:58 PM, John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>> > "Technical writing is a unique writing career
>> > <
>> >
>> http://thewritelife.com/7-fulfilling-writing-careers-you-should-know-about/
>> > >
>> > in that you donât have to be an expert in the subject matter; your end
>> user
>> > is typically a newbie, so the level of instruction and detail you are
>> > providing is introductory."
>> >
>> > Would that it were so ...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > In case anyone wants to know:
>> > >
>> > > http://thewritelife.com/technical-writing/
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Cordially,
>> > >
>> > > Craig Cardimon | Senior Technical Writer
>> > > Marketing Systems Group
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