Re: What makes a technical writer

["Wing, Michael J" <mjwing -at- INGR -dot- COM>]

If only selecting one attribute for describing the work, I select
"synthesis".  This being "the combining of diverse conceptions into a
coherent whole".

If selecting one attribute for how we should perform the work, I select
'innovation".  As contrasted with creativity (where desired results may be
produced out of limitless possibilities of resources), innovation, in my
definition, produces desired results using a limited amount of resources.

Mike

Michael Wing (mailto:mjwing -at- ingr -dot- com)
Staff Writer/ Web Applications Developer
Intergraph Corporation; Huntsville, Alabama
http://maps.intergraph.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Posada [SMTP:jposada01 -at- YAHOO -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 8:39 AM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      What makes a technical writer
>
> About a week ago, I was having dinner with a friend
> and she mentioned that someone had told her that "in
> three hours, he could teach her everything he knew
> about technical writing."
>
> My response was "He must not know that much about tech
> writing."  ;-)
>
> She then asked me "If you could describe one attribute
> of a person that would indicate that they would make a
> good software technical writer, what would that be?"
>
> I thought about it for about 5 seconds, then said "If
> you are using a software application and you've pushed
> every button on the screen to see what would happen,
> then you have a good start."
>
> How far off was I?
> ===
> John Posada
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