Re: 10 Things All Technical Writers Should Do

Subject: Re: 10 Things All Technical Writers Should Do
From: Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:15:53 -0800 (PST)



--- Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

> Ed Yourdon (Data Flow Diagrams are for documenting
> procedure) says that it is ninty-eight percent (98%)
> of what needs to be done. Ninty-eight percent of
> anything is alot!

Ed was talking about software development. Which is not the same as technical
writing. While the two share some common practices, as virtually every writer
likes to remind us - programming != writing.

Andrew Plato


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