Re: Expectations (possible rant - it IS Friday!)

[Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

--- Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

..... And yes, a good technical writer should
know audience and task, but it's not required for
the *job*.

Tony Markos responds:

Thats right, I know many a TW who writes to an
imagined user.  In fact, that is how we often handle
difficult material: We imagine that the user already
knows it.





		
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