RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market

Subject: RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 13:19:05 -0400


It can also be interpreted as meaning that sixth-graders are better readers
than most people think.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From:
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> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+bgranat=granatedit -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l
> .com] On Behalf Of Robotti, Anne (Carlin)
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:53 AM
>
> > Something we have a lot of in our audiences. If you remember your
> > basic intro to tech writing classes, they tell you to write
> at about a
>
> > 6th grade level.
>
> I think that's a very condescending and obnoxious thing to
> say. And it's
> probably a root cause of the "users is soooooo stupid" attitude that
> makes a lot of engineers and tech writers unbearable, IMO. If you're
> writing for adults who are brand new users of a technology or product,
> you have to be particularly clear about each step, which you should be
> anyway. There's no reason to term that "a sixth grade level"
> and it sets
> up bad karma.
>


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