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Subject: Re: Frustrated
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 21:22:25 -0700


John Posada wrote:

France...with only enough practice, you could be superb at reading music and
making the right sounds come out of the instrument. However, without the
inclination to being a musician (which cannot be taught), you'll never be
Charlie Parker or Miles Davis and you could practice the scales from now
until the year 2010, and you'll never be Placido Domingo.

Except that you're overlooking the fact that almost all the great artists have gone to great lengths to perfect their talents. As the old joke says, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice!"

Also, I don't think it's denigrating tech-writing to say that it demands competent literacy skills, not artistry. There are far more people in the world who could make acceptable tech-writers than there are people who could be great artists.

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