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Subject:Re: Writers vs Editors From:"Herman Holtz" <h -dot- holtz -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 26 Dec 2000 17:30:21 -0500
One quality of editors that I do n0ot see mentioned in these discussions
is understajndinhg the mindset of the reader. If you are editing a
maintenance manual on some electronic equipment, is it not essential to
understand how a maintenance technician's mind works--i.e., what information
and what processes he is likely to want to learn? -- Herm
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From: "Jean Weber" <jean -at- wrevenge -dot- com -dot- au>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: Writers vs Editors
> At 02:40 AM 26/12/00 -0800, Andrew Plato wrote:
> >Editors have one basic skill:
> >1) Communication skills.
> >
>
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