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Subject:Re: The Writer's Kit From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- AXIONET -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 6 Jan 1998 19:55:09 -0500
Michael Lewis <lewism -at- brandle -dot- com -dot- au> wrote:
>Experienced tech communicators should be (and in my experience >generally are) able to pick up the mechanical skills of >individual products fairly easily. T
You make a good point. In fact, I maintain that this ability is one of
the things that a TC sells.
However, the other side of the issue is: what do writers need in order
to make a living in today's market. In other words, what skills should
you have ready at any time, and what allows you to deliver the finished
work in the expected time?
Until I read your response, I didn't realize that I was partly
addressing this side of the issue when I responded to the original
poster.
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