Re: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Technical Writing

Subject: Re: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Technical Writing
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- progeny -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 08:12:29 -0700

Andrew Plato wrote:
>
> Well, I am also quoted in the book.

So is Guy K. Haas. Looks like there's lots of list regulars in
there.

> Hope I don't bring down the quality of people.

I don't think that's a problem :-)

> It is a very good book. I think the thing I like most about it is the attitude.
> It doesn't assume that everything is a 900,000 page manual that must be done in
> ZQML or some other esoteric markup language. Its very straightforward and
> honest...and fun to read.

I'll second that. I like its practicality, and the way it mixes
writing and career advice. As anyone who has been in the field more
than a month can testify, the writing is often the easy part. It's
the office politics and survival in the profession that's the hard
part. Yet almost every other book in the field ignores subjects like
career paths and how to get along with SMEs.

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