That "50 years" comment jarred with me too and the article and author
lost credibility at that point.
Interestingly, I'm currently reading "The short life and long times of
Mrs Beeton" where it's obvious that technical writing was in existence
for much longer than 50 years. According to this book,
> > what do you mean, Dana? They're not the same? Wow. My reality is
> > shattered.
>
> Bill, have you been doing marketing writing again?
Is it that obvious? ;)
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i thought it was the second oldest profession, just under
prostitution... No pun intended.
On 6/6/07, Dan Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I dunno. I stopped reading as soon as I got to the fallacy, "Technical
> writing didn't exist 50 years ago."
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I dunno. I stopped reading as soon as I got to the fallacy, "Technical
writing didn't exist 50 years ago."
> -Original Message-
> From: Dana Worley
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 6:02 PM
> To: tcp@techcommpros.com
> Subject: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit
>
>
On Wednesday, June 06, 2007, Bill Swallow wrote:
> what do you mean, Dana? They're not the same? Wow. My reality is
> shattered.
Bill, have you been doing marketing writing again?
:) Dana
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> Personally, I think technical writing is "easy" but I wouldn't even
> consider tackling any type of creative writing. Maybe I'm not as good
> at observing life as I am observing a piece of software :)
what do you mean, Dana? They're not the same? Wow. My reality is shattered.
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Good he doesn't assign readings from Microsoft manuals... Those are
hard finds, and I can only imagine the school bookstore markup on
those puppies! ;-)
On 6/6/07, Dana Worley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While I'm not a member of the STC :), I get a couple of the
> Intermountain Chapter's mass ma
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Worley
>
> While I'm not a member of the STC :), I get a couple of the
> Intermountain Chapter's mass mailings. They provided a link to an
> interesting article in the Deseret News (a Salt Lake paper):
>
>
> http://tinyur
On Wednesday, June 06, 2007, Chris Borokowski wrote:
> The best writer I personally knew said that if you were a good talker,
> and knew a good story, the rest was research and practice. There may be
> a "creative writer" inside many of us.
I've always felt that my "talking" got better after I
The best writer I personally knew said that if you
were a good talker, and knew a good story, the rest
was research and practice. There may be a "creative
writer" inside many of us.
One of the writers I mentioned is someone I work with
on a daily basis. He does not like the term "creative
writing,
On Wednesday, June 06, 2007, Chris Borokowski wrote:
> He's not the only one. I know of two TWs who write literature on the
> side. One has self-published three books, and the other has been
> published in several short story journals.
I know several creative/tech writers as well.
I thought t
He's not the only one. I know of two TWs who write
literature on the side. One has self-published three
books, and the other has been published in several
short story journals.
--- Dana Worley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While I'm not a member of the STC :), I get a couple
> of the
> Intermount
While I'm not a member of the STC :), I get a couple of the
Intermountain Chapter's mass mailings. They provided a link to an
interesting article in the Deseret News (a Salt Lake paper):
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view2/1,4382,660226327,00.html?textfiel
d=Scott+Hatch
or
http://tinyurl.com/2jo6g
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