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

Subject: Re: Expectations (possible rant - it IS Friday!)
From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:40:49 -0800


This will make *any* writer not just "appear better," but actually
*be* better. Writers with merely decent wordsmithing but good project management skills will almost always be more successful (in the career sense) technical writers than those who are great wordsmiths but can't balance documentation objectives to deliver documents that meet requirements on time. It's not because they merely "appear" to be better writers, but because in the context of the technical writer's job requirements and place in the development process, they *are* better writers.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- From: "John Posada" <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>

I'll go one step further. Proper planning and schedule recognition
will make a mediocre writer appear better than they really are. Many
writers are great wordsmiths, but late much of the time or miss tiny
but critical aspects of the project. This, in turn, affects
deployment schedules and makes others around them jump through hoops.
Therefore, to everyone around them, they come off as poor writers
without some people even bothering to read their stuff. OTOH, being a
complimentary member of the team makes them (and the team) look
better and often, areas where they are weak will be backed up by
other members of the team.



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