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Subject:Re: Liberal arts grads can't "grasp" From:Katherin King <kking -at- BROOKTROUT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:40:52 -0400
I think tech writers need to be balanced, and that's the core issue here. I
have a BS in engineering, but I hated working as an engineer. I turned to
writing as a hobby, and have had short stories, poems, and feature articles
published, so in that way I'm a "creative writer." But I found I still kept
my "technical" mentality, that I was still interested in things technical,
and I loved learning new stuff. What better combination of skills and
interests than technical writing, a field that requires the ability to write
in a way that people can understand, and the ability to understand technical
things?
This is the best of all worlds for me.
Kathy King
Technical Writer
kking -at- brooktrout -dot- com
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