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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Plato <intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Cc: tmurrell -at- columbus -dot- rr -dot- com <tmurrell -at- columbus -dot- rr -dot- com>
Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: "Two-track" documentation
>Tom Murrell wrote:
>
>> if you don't take
>> the audience into account, you are no writer. Yes, you want to write
>> technically accurate information in a clear and concise manner, but if
you
>> aren't writing it TO someone, you are, at best, wasting your time,
because
>> no one will be reading it.
>
>If you think accuracy is not important in tech writing - please don't ever
take
>a job in the airline, food processing, nuclear weapons, or ... well, just
don't
>take a job. I really do not want to be at the mercy of documentation that
is
>well targeted to the right audience, but WRONG!
>
Tom Murrell did not say accuracy was not important in technical writing.
Your remarks could lead an innocent reader to assume that he did. You should
really be more careful.
