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Subject:Re: Writing samples: what to look for From:DURL <durl -at- BUFFNET -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:38:28 -0500
We might be talking apples and oranges here.
If you're *interviewing for a job,* maybe this approach is the way
to go. However, if you're trying to close a sale to a client, I think the
portfolio is the way to go, with excerpt samples from full-length manuals.
A local attorney who specializes in contracts for artists,
writers, etc. suggests that the contract includes the right to a copy for
promotional purposes for the self-employed.
mary
Mary Durlak Erie Documentation Inc.
East Aurora, New York (near Buffalo)
durl -at- buffnet -dot- net
On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Elizabeth Vollbach wrote:
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> Every time this topic is discussed I feel bad, like I do it wrong. Yet I
> continue to do it the way I do it, the way you do. I bring copies of
> documents that are applicable to the job I'm interviewing for. Nothing
> fancy. Frankly, the reason I do it this way is because I just can't carry a
> portfolio showing samples of all the different types of documents I've
> written/edited. It would simply be too heavy, and I'd probably fall on my
> face as I came through the door.
>
> I do what's practical for me, and in 14 years an interviewer hasn't even
> hinted dissatisfaction. From what I've seen, interviewers have been more
> concerned with my record of experience and my references.
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