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Subject:Re: What makes a technical writer From:Michael Collier <mcollier -at- ARLUT -dot- UTEXAS -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:56:52 -0500
Kim Nylander wrote:
>
> Actually, my response that you are referring to was pulled from an email
> responding to the Tech Writing and Storytelling thread.
Yes, I know...I was consciously combining information from different
threads to make a synchronistic point, perhaps expressing another
attribute of the tech writer mind (synthesis, as Mike Wing described it)
in contrast to the idea of tech writer as "happy button pusher" (to
quote myself). Sorry to cause any confusion.
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