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Subject:learning to write From:jmaechtlen -at- amada -dot- com (Jay Maechtlen) To:"techwriter list (E-mail)" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:52:15 -0800
/flame on
no
you don't need a stinking "fine arts degree" to learn to write.
Nor do you need a cert or degree in tech writing/communications ...
You need to be willing and able to learn.
A degree or training in science or engineering may be helpfull
(my BS in Mech Eng was, at the least, great background and door-opener)
(Plato was in rare form, wasn't he?)
The writing tool /publishing package can make it less painfull (or more!) to
create/assemble/output the document of interest. Of course, it's still "the
nut behind the wheel" that makes the difference.
