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Subject:Re: Single Most Valuable Course for Tech Writing From:"Deb M." <dm -at- ptrail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:36:20 -0400
------ Robert Plamondon wrote:
"So I'll ask the group: What single course proved to
be most useful in your technical writing work? For me,
it was a course in Technical Illustration,which gave
me a lot of skills I never would have picked up any
other way."
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For me, it was Journalism with Sister Pat. She often said, "Write about
something you know about." I see now it was not a coincidence that she would
assign us topics we knew nothing about. She also often said, "Writing is
rewriting." Learning the cycle of ramp-up, write(write(write)), deliver has
helped me immeasurably (for the kinds of gigs I've had).
For me, Calculus was useful because of the teacher that constantly harped,
"Math is not a spectator sport." It turns out that neither is Tech Writing.
Cheers,
Debbie
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