Re: Writer vs Author (was Techwriting after the boom)

[Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Ooops...

> Traditionally, any human who called themselves a "writer" was the author of
> some material. Presumably, for a profession obsessed with words and their
> meaning  If you want to redefine the word "writer" that's fine with me. But I
> don't think many people would agree with you. And I am almost certain that
> non-writers feel 

That should read: 

"Traditionally, any human who called themselves a "writer" was the author of
some material. Presumably, for a profession obsessed with words and their
meaning I would think the word "writer" would have a reasonably fixed meaning.
If you want to redefine the word "writer" that's fine with me. But I don't
think many people would agree with you. And I am almost certain that
non-writers feel that writers are expected to understand the material they
author." 

See what happens when the content is incomplete. :-)

Andrew Plato 

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