censorious persnickety flibbertigibbets; was, "Re: know your ... who?"

[LCP <lporrel -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

I have recently rejoined Techwr-l after a hiatus of several years. Techwr-l used to be a helpful and cordial list for professional writers. It saddens me to see it degraded, even only in part, into a venue for "censorious persnickety flibbertigibbets".


----- Original Message ----
From: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:21:48 PM
Subject: RE: know your ... who?


My 
rudimentary 
example 
of 
"knowing 
an 
audience" 
does 
not 
encompass 
*every*
example 
of 
what 
a 
writer 
needs 
to 
know 
about 
an 
audience.  
There 
is 
not
enough 
bandwidth 
to 
share 
*every* 
example 
and 
other 
examples 
are 
not
"counter-examples" 
as 
you 
state.

The 
"model" 
I 
described 
requires 
that 
the 
writer 
learn 
about 
the 
audience
and 
your 
examples 
do 
not 
counter 
the 
model, 
but 
they 
further 
illustrate
issues 
that 
require 
knowing 
one's 
audience.

Lauren

----- Original Message ----
From: "Gause_Brian -at- emc -dot- com" <Gause_Brian -at- emc -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:12:20 PM
Subject: RE: know your ... who?

...Maybe 
your 
message 
was 
intended 
to 
be 
funny, 
but 
what 
it 
says 
about 
your
work 
habits 
and 
creativity 
is 
a 
dispiriting 
notion, 
indeed.

Brian 
Gause






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