Re: Whaddaya know? (long)

["MMdeaton" <mmdeaton -at- mmdeaton -dot- com>]

Lots of artists create amazing art without formal training. We are not
creating art. We are writing technical documentation. The rules are
different.

Mary Deaton
(206) 323-0701
New used books added today: http://home.mindspring.com/~mmdeaton/default.htm



----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy K. Kight" <Cindy -dot- Kight -at- Marconi -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:30 PM
Subject: RE: Whaddaya know? (long)


> It'd be like a composer who
> didn't know music theory.>
>
> And yet, some of our most creative music - jazz - has come from people who
> intuitively knew the rules but possibly couldn't quote them, went by what
> felt right, and broke rules like crazy - all to our benefit and enjoyment.
>
> Not that this really aligns with what we do as technical writers - I
realize
> that there are many different audiences and that we have more of a need
for
> formality.  But I also admit to only having some of the rules memorized.
>
> Cindy Kight
>



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