Re: Definition of Technical Writer

[Jim Barrow <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net>]

>>Dan Goldstein said:
>iFaqeer (SIA)wrote:

>>Your first source says, "A good technical writer can write about a
>>complicated technical subject or task in ways that almost anyone >>can clearly understand." But many technical writers produce text >>that can never be understood by non-experts.
>
>>Generic definitions don't work in such a broad field.

>The California government definition I thought was competent; says
>clearly that users can be other technical folk:

Ha!  I win!! [insert endzone dance] :^)

I actually thought that if you combined parts of all three sites you could get a fairly all-encompasing definition, broad as it may be.

And now for the point-after kick...




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