Re: TW impaired CW?

[Shelly Hazard <shelly -dot- l -dot- hazard -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM>]

Thank you Melissa and I'm sorry John.

Being new to this list, I guess I don't know enough not to take everyone
seriously (*sheepish look*).

However, I will keep in mind in the future not to believe anything John
Posada posts (*evil grin*)!

Shelly

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Melissa Morgan [SMTP:mmorgan -at- INTREPID -dot- CDG-HARGRAY -dot- COM]
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 2:13 PM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      Re: TW impaired CW?
>
> Shelly,
>
> Um, I think he was being sarcastic in that it takes quite a lot of
> "creative" writing and thinking to fill in the informational gaps
> that SMEs so often leave. Maybe I read his posting wrong, though....
>
> Nah, John's a very intelligent guy...certainly smart enough to know
> the difference between Moby Dick and the IBM AS/400 system manual.
> Perhaps he should have made his sarcasm a little more clear, but maybe
> I've just read enough of his posts to know what he meant.
>
> Melissa
>
> >Technical writing and creative writing are the same thing in that they
> are
> >both forms of writing.  However, the audience can differ dramatically.
> >Typically, technical writing provides documentation for the instructional
> or
> >informational purposes.  Thus, the writing is very detailed and the
> >information simply put.  Clarity becomes a main issue as does format.
>
> From ??? -at- ??? Sun Jan 00 00:00:00 0000=
> =
>
>

 From ??? -at- ??? Sun Jan 00 00:00:00 0000=