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-----Original Message-----
From: Reuven Frank <reuven -at- E-AND-C -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 9:16 AM
Subject: Tech-Writers
>Dear All
> Cross-posted to Tech-WR-L & Tech-Shoret
>
>A great deal has been said, PARTICULARLY today, about technical writing, =
>but very little has been said about what a technical writER actually is.
A technical writer is someone who:
1. Knows what to say.
2. Says it.
3. Stops.