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Subject:Re: undergrad tech writing students From:Len Olszewski <saslpo -at- UNX -dot- SAS -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 26 Mar 1993 15:44:14 -0500
> You really
> hit the nail on the head when you said that it's hard to turn off the
> radar. But when you find good stuff, you DO really appreciate it. I
> used to think that perhaps I was the only one with a big ego who did
> this because (sort of) so that I could have this nice finished whatever
> to prove I _did_ it.
You'll find this is true of technical writers in general, but you'll
also discover that it's true of anybody who *reviews* technical
material.
Given the opportunity, everybody, it seems, is an editor at heart.
> Cindy Hollingsworth
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