Re: Writing: better or worse after years on the job?

["Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>]

From:           	"Hart, Rowena" <Hart -at- SelkirkFinancial -dot- com>  

> What about you? Has your writing ability improved or declined since
> you've become a professional technical writer? 

(wow, is this subjective :)

I feel that my writing has improved. Moreover, I feel that my verbal 
communication skills have improved. Writing grammatically correct 
documentation day-in and day-out has led to my thought process 
being more "grammatically correct". Also, when I am putting my 
thoughts down on paper, I tend to use a more varied vocabulary 
than in every-day conversation, and once again, this aspect of 
writing has carried over into my verbal communication with others. 

> Have you ever been horribly embarrassed to read something you wrote
> years ago? 

I've never been embarrassed to read anything I previously wrote (at 
least not technical documentation :), but there are things that I look 
at and realize I would do differently now (i.e., overall approach in a 
help file for an application).

Dana W. 

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