True, but the skills are the same. A good, experienced writer can write in many different styles for many different audiences, just as a good, experienced software develeper can use many different frameworks and languages to build solution for different purposes. What prevents most professional writers from writing technical books is their lack of familiarity with the subject matter.
>Yeah, but technical writing is really not like literature either... >The objective of literature is often to inspire thought in subtle, >almost disguised ways, through the use of what you might call "poetic" >language... Technical writing on the other hand attempts to >intentionally eliminate as much subtle or "poetic" language as >possible in an attempt to produce the clearest possible understanding >of the material. I suspect technical writing is more analogous to a >"business communications" class. Note that I didn't say Marketing, >since that goes back to subtle (if not poetic) language. :) > > > > >s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 >new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > >add features without fixtures with >the onTap open source framework > >http://www.fusiontap.com >http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=60 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170644 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
