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Re: What Are Writing Skills?

Subject: Re: What Are Writing Skills?
From: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:32:06 -0700


Well Tony, you're absolutely right. Now go pat yourself on the back 'cause you got the better of us perfeshunals. We are all just leetle engineers with pencils...as one person in this thread said...frustrated novelists. We do analyze, just like doctors, lawyers, teachers, musicians, actors, and even those frustrated novelists. In fact, just about anyone who is challenged and has the wherewithal to overcome those challenges analyzes the problem, then designs a solution. And yes, we do use a little grammar, plus a lot of other skills. But I don't need to tell you, you'll find out soon enough if you decide to remain this business. You'll find out that it's easy to spout generics and minimalize others. The hard part is doing the work.

Al

Tony Markos wrote:

I started this thread. Funny thing: I have yet to get
an answer!

I was told that the "meat" of writing skills is
structured writing skills. But try researching to
find the specific, concrete techniques and steps
involved in structured writing - they don't exist! Structured writing is "blue smoke and mirrors".

Therefore, I conclude that writing skills don't exist.
We just analyze like and engineer, design like an
engineer, and then top it off with a little grammar.

Tony Markos



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