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Subject:The Right Stuff From:Michael Burris <mburris -at- LYNX -dot- DAC -dot- NEU -dot- EDU> Date:Sat, 7 Sep 1996 19:49:33 -0400
TECHWR-L:
Hello. It has been two years since I visited this list. After reading
a few of the digests from the Index, I'm very interested in the
discussions I've read.
I'm a writer. I'm not a Technical Writer, but more along the lines
of magazine and fiction writer. Question: Can the previously mentioned
function in a world of the Technical Writer as long as he/she has the
correct training? Is the creative individual facing self-destruction?
A nervous breakdown? Perhaps total humiliation?
I have spoken to a Technical Writer some months ago, and sensed that
one should be " mechanically inclined " in some way. Would the rest
of you agree?
Thanks for your suggestions.
Mike Burris
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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