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Subject:Re: Term "tech writing" From:Bev Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Sat, 25 Mar 1995 14:58:41 MST
> In a private post to me, someone suggested that perhaps
"author" held a bit more prestige than "writer." Here were
my comments on that:
Interesting. I've never considered the distinction before
between writer and author. So, of course I looked up both words
in my AHD. For writer, the definition was short and sweet: One
who writes, esp. as an occupation. Author, however, offered more
options: 1.a. The original writer of a literary work. b. One who
writes professionally. 2. An originator or creator.
In my own mind I think of an author as someone who is published,
and I think of a writer as someone who may or may not be
published; both write for a living. So in that respect--at least
in one person's way of thinking--author would tend to have a
more prestigious connotation.
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