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Subject:Re: Technical Writing Problems From:Lori Moore <LORIMOORE -at- VAX -dot- MICRON -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 1 Mar 1995 12:16:32 MDT
Lori Lathrop wrote:
>his response to my request for feedback was, "Oh, it's
>great! Just what we needed!" I then asked him if he
>could respond to the questions I'd written as DEVELOPMENT
>NOTES throughout the draft. His response was, "Ah, well,
>um, questions? Can I call you back tomorrow?"
AMEN! I just don't get it! How can these guys say the
document is "just what we needed" when it's full of
questions and other vacancies in information?! Now THAT's
a problem!
('Course, one can't control the behavior of others... only
influence it STRONGLY!)
Lori Moore }}}} Freebird }}}}}
Micron in Boise,
Idaho, USA
~Still no word of which city will be the lucky winner of
the Micron expansion... Should be any time now!~
