RE: Outline dilemma

Subject: RE: Outline dilemma
From: "Linda Cast" <lcast -at- planview -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 13:06:48 -0500



Not necessarily. A good writer can indeed write about anything, but sometimes finding the normal content structure of a particular type of guide takes research. For example, suppose an employer asks for a new Oracle reference guide - does the writer who hasn't written what might be a rather common reference guide make up an outline, or cry off doing it? Neither - they probably trundle down to the Border's bookstore to see what's normally included.

Therefore, a good writer will use a published outline needed, though it would be a poor, incapable, immoral, (this could go on!) writer who would copy from an unpublished person.

It takes a lot of product knowledge and fine work to create an original, detailed outline.

Linda Cast
More Senior Technical Writer

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[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-170473 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of John
Posada
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 12:42 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Outline dilemma



A GOOD writer could do it without the outline and a poor writer
couln't do it with the outline

> reason, which somewhat become clear by reading the TOC/outline.
> Apart
> from that, the outline is so detailed, and good writer could write
> the
> books based on that. The publishers I want to propose it to, also


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John Posada
Senior Technical Writer




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