Re: Structured stuff for the beginner

[Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>]

I want to see an example of this, as well. Mark’s statement asserts a 
claim of proof, so there is either an example that supports the claim or 
there is no support for the claim and the claim is false.

How has structured writing “guided” a writer in a real world application 
of structured writing?

How has a reader’s experience been “improved” in a real world 
application of structured writing?

Mark is describing “structured writing” as a cookie-cutter approach to 
producing documentation that seems like it would be helpful for new 
writers learning to write provided they are producing documentation that 
will have all needed information according to an established rhetorical 
pattern. If the “established rhetorical pattern” is incomplete, then the 
writer will still need to be able write without the crutch of structured 
writing.

In following this discussion, I see what looks like more than one 
discussion in that there seems to be a discussion of structured writing 
as a methodology for how to write and structured authoring as a 
technology for producing reusable documentation in multiple formats.

What problem does structured writing solve that is not solved by writing 
experience and structured authoring?



On 4/28/2017 9:54 AM, Robert Lauriston wrote: