thadjm -at- juno -dot- com: Re: Entry Level.

[Thespina Hadjimichael <thadjm -at- JUNO -dot- COM>]

Whoo...  I'm trying to find work as a TechWriter, and what do I do...?
I inadvertently make a spelling mistake in my message...
Please let me try it again...:
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Hello...
In a message from Ron _D_Rhodes, he offered some suggestions for
Writers-To-Be, among which was to get some books on tech-writing.

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest some titles & authors that they have
found good...?!  I'd appreciate knowing what other's have found
useful...!!

TIA...!!

- Thespina Hadjimichael
thadjm -at- juno -dot- com
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On Thu, 30 Oct 1997 09:21:05 -0500 Ron D Rhodes
<Ron_D_Rhodes -at- MAIL -dot- BANKONE -dot- COM> writes:
>     Dear Techwhirlers,
>     I might have a MA in technical writing, but the last time I
>checked,
>     no-one cared.  Anyone can learn what I acquired in school by
>simply
>     taking a careful and conscientious approach to language.  To get
>     started in tech-writing, follow these steps:
>     1.  Take an initial vow of poverty, or write to subsidize your
>current
>     income.  If you prove to be an average writer, things will look
>up.
>     Sweat-equity pays dividends.
>     2.  Order these books from Amazon.com:
>     A grammar book  (One like your 12th grade teacher used. Learn it.
>Live
>     it. Love it. BE IT!)
>     A how-to book on tech-writing (get a couple of these)
>     A synonym finder (it's much better than a thesaurus)
>     Chicago Manual of Style
>     A good dictionary
>     Having stated all the above, I do appreciate the work my
>professors
>     invested in my future.  But I'm  betting that a few (not all) of
>them
>     might even mimic my response.
>
>     Ron "degree-brandishing-is-for-insecure-writers" Rhodes
>
>Posts: mailto:techwr-l -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu
>Commands: mailto:listserv -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu (e.g. SIGNOFF TECHWR-L)
>Archives: http://listserv.okstate.edu/archives/techwr-l.html,
>Subjects: JOB:, QUESTION:, SUMMARY:, ANNOUNCE:, or none of these.
>
>
>
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