RE: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?

["Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>]

I wasn't trying to make a personal attack.  I don't know anything about your
site or what a discussion troll is, as someone had mentioned.  The terms of
sellout and fallback with no other options seemed negative, the follow-up
question just seemed to cast an additional negative light on the subject
matter.  If your question is whether people see technical writing as
something negative, like a sellout or a fallback, then why not ask that?
There are positive possibilities, but the original question by itself
implies exclusivity to sellout or fallback.
 
Oh, dang it again, where's my rhyming?  Here's the rephrase.
 
Personal attack was not my target,
temper my tone, I sometimes forget;
Discussion troll, tangents do roll...
 
Why just fallback and sellout?
Such negative fallout.
Is technical writing a fail?
No it isn't, writers will wail.
 
Why yes, I'll have a white ale.
 
Lauren 
 


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From: Tom Johnson [mailto:tomjohnson1492 -at- gmail -dot- com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 12:32 PM
To: Lauren
Cc: Techwr-l
Subject: Re: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?


Lauren, I was just having a little fun with the poll, that's all. You'd be
surprised at all the flack I get from polls on my site (like leaving out Doc
to Help in my Tools question). Personally, I see the exercise in looking
more closely at comma placement, but I thought the context wasn't that
ambiguous. Anyway, the poll seemed to offend most people, including a person
who wrote me yesterday at the brink of hysteria that I even dared to use the
word "sellout." 

Thanks for visiting my site, and by the way, if you haven't discovered my
newly redesigned social news site, Writer River, check it out at
http://writerriver.com. Sorry for not rhyming my response. Does anyone have
a suggestion for a better poll?

Tom


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