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Subject:re us writers (was them engineers) From:"Mark L. Levinson" <markl -at- gilian -dot- com> To:TechWr-L <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 24 May 2000 18:38:10 +0200
Jessica N. Lange writes:
For some reason, to me, "creative writer" and "technical
writer" just don't seem to mesh well.
** Oh, but "movie star" and "technical writer" mesh
okay, right?
But seriously, there are as many different kinds
of creative writers as kinds of technical writers,
and in my opinion there is a large area-- call it
problem-solving-- where the skills overlap.
Mark L. Levinson
Herzlia, Israel
markl -at- gilian -dot- com