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RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market

Subject: RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market
From: "Fred Ridder" <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:34:06 -0400

"Naive" and "novice" do not mean the same thing in any
language I'm aware of, and in this context they certainly
mean something very different. A novice writer would be
one who lacks experience in writing and may therefore have
shortcomings in writing skills. It seems perfectly clear to me
that a naive writer is one who does not yet have very much
knowledge of the subject matter.

But let's not let a mere matter of semantics ruin a perfectly
good argument. We've got our professional reputations to
uphold, after all...


From: John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com
CC: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Breaking into the tech writing job market
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 10:16:58 -0700 (PDT)

> And who said anything about novice writers? Me thinks
> you're getting your knickers in a twist about a non-issue.
> The people you're arguing

It most certainly did...I quote:

> Yes, yes, yes! When tech writers were hard to find and we
> were building them out of clay, this was one of the best
> things about the naive writer. We found it was better to


John Posada
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