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Subject:Re: general query on tech writing From:Faith Weber <weber -at- EASI -dot- ENET -dot- DEC -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 24 Jun 1993 09:33:17 PDT
>The ability to see the "big picture" is extremely important, too.
>Being attentive to detail won't help if your friend lacks the
>top-level understanding to pull the details together into a coherent
>whole. He/she needs to do both to be an effective technical writer.
>Your friend should also enjoy doing other things besides writing. The
>specifics depend on the situation, though. As a freelancer or a
>writer for a small company, he/she may be involved with document
>design, illustration, informal quality assurance testing (simply from
>using the product), user interface or industrial design (also from
>using the product), desktop publishing, editing, proofreading,
>production, and so forth.
Good point, Nancy -- I've done just about all of the above, and then
some. These days I review specs, too!
We have to be able to do a lot of stuff, don't we. It reminds
me of that quote, "I've done so much with so little for so long
that now I can do anything with nothing!" (I don't know who said
that, I just saw it somewhere.)
Faith Weber
weber -at- easi -dot- enet -dot- dec -dot- com
